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Civil Society, MEPs and the EEAS discuss what it means to be a journalist in Central America and Mexico

The 24th and 25th of October 2022, the EU-LAT Network organised two public events in collaboration with the Heinrich Böll Stiftung, where journalists and policymakers discussed what it means to be a journalist in Central America and Mexico. On Monday the 24th of October, journalists from El Salva...

Publicado el 24 de noviembre de 2022 13:40

Civil Society and MEPs call for improved access to justice for women

“Currently, legislative developments are not responding to the realities of women. Especially in the judicial system, we must not fall behind” – MEP Diana Riba. Selma Maxinez The 17th of November 2022, the EU-LAT Network co-organised the XI Annual Conference on Feminicide in the European Parlia...

Publicado el 23 de noviembre de 2022 10:20

EU-LAT Network joins HRDN Letter to European Parliament on Decision to Shrink Urgency Resolutions on Human Rights

In the wake of the “Qatargate” corruption scandal, the European Parliament has decided to dramatically shrink the length of its urgent resolutions on human rights, undermining the very strength these resolutions. Instead of the newly imposed 500 word-limit, the following measures could be taken t...

Publicado el 30 de enero de 2023 17:49

2020

3 de enero : a un año del asesinato del defensor de derechos humanos Sinar Corzo Esquinca en Arriaga (Costa de Chiapas), amigos y familiares se manifiestan en esta ciudad para exigir justicia ya que, denunciaron, si bien hay varios detenidos como autores materiales e intelectuales, ninguno ha sid...

Publicado el 12 de enero de 2021 19:47

ACTUALIDAD: México sigue subiendo en el ranking de los países más afectados por el COVID-19

En las últimas semanas, México se convirtió en uno de los países con más casos de COVID-19 a nivel mundial con, por lo menos, más de medio millón de casos de contagio (sexto lugar) y, para mediados de agosto, en uno de los que presenta mayor mortandad (tercer lugar), con más de 50 mil muertos. Co...

Publicado el 27 de agosto de 2020 15:54

The El Obse – Observatorio de Personas Defensoras de los Derechos Humanos en Chiapas’ web page

We would like to share with you the platform El Obse – Observatorio de Personas Defensoras de los Derechos Humanos en Chiapas, where you can also read the attached report on the situation for human rights defenders in the state. The Obse is a platform, a registry of attacks against human rights ...

Publicado el 15 de diciembre de 2025 21:13

Pastoral Indígena in Chocó – accompanying indigenous communities

In Colombia, indigenous groups are often defenders of their territories despite multiple threats and risks. Armed conflict, dispossession of land and the expansion of economic interests have put at risk not only their continued life and presence in their territories, but also their cultural and ...

Publicado el 8 de octubre de 2025 15:18

Perpetrator in the murder of Father Marcelo Perez Perez convicted

On 6 August, a judge in the Federal Criminal Justice Court in the Mexican state of Chiapas handed out a 20-year prison sentence against Edgar “M” for the aggravated homicide of human rights defender Marcelo Pérez Pérez. The investigations were carried out by the Office of the Attorney General of...

Publicado el 18 de septiembre de 2025 16:52

Open letter: The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention confirms the unjustly accusation and arbitrary detention of the Tzeltal human rights defenders Manuel Santiz Cruz, Agustín Pérez Domínguez, Juan Velasco Aguilar, Martín Pérez Domínguez, Augustín Pérez Velasco and Agustín Pérez Velasco

Dear Sirs and Madams, We are writing to express our concern for the five unjustly detained Tzeltal human rights defenders Manuel Santiz Cruz, Agustín Pérez Domínguez, Juan Velasco Aguilar, Martín Pérez Domínguez and Agustín Pérez Velasco, who were arbitrarily detained in 2022 and who have since b...

Publicado el 21 de agosto de 2025 16:57

URGENT APPEAL – Forced entry into the home of Ms Dora Roblero, Director of CDH Frayba

The Swedish Fellowship of Reconciliation (SweFOR) would like to express our profound concern and condemnation of the forced entry into the home of Dora Roblero, director of the Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas Human Rights Centre (CDH Frayba), which took place on the 22nd of July 2025 in San Cristóbal...

Publicado el 21 de agosto de 2025 16:01