Paz y Derechos Humanos

Repositorio de noticias y artículos relacionados con la paz y la defensa de los derechos humanos en México

ACTUALIDAD: Visita del Papa Francisco a México: a buen entendedor, pocas palabras bastan

En este inicio de 2016, dos temas ocuparon las primeras planas de los medios nacionales: la detención de Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, fundador del cártel de Sinaloa, en fuga desde julio de 2015; y la visita del Papa Francisco a México del 12 al 17 de febrero. La recaptura de “El Chapo” fue ampliame...

Publicado el 21 de abril de 2016 17:09

2016

5 de enero: el Ejido Tila, adherente a la Sexta Declaración de la Selva Lacandona, denuncia con nombres y apellidos a quienes conforman “una pequeña célula de grupos paramilitares que han estado organizando dentro” de su ejido. 18 de enero : se les otorga un amparo contra el proyecto de la autopi...

Publicado el 10 de enero de 2017 20:28

More than 60 MEPs call for justice in the Berta Cáceres case

61 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have sent a letter to Honduran authorities, including the president of the Republic Juan Orlando Hernández, expressing their deepest concern over the unjustified delays of the ongoing judicial process for the murder of Indigenous Lenca leader Berta Các...

Publicado el 29 de junio de 2021 15:30

SweFOR’s mandate in Guatemala: nonviolent work and presence – a clarification

The Swedish Fellowship of Reconciliation (SweFOR) is a Swedish nonviolent organization working for peace, justice, a world without violence and a sustainable way of life. It is an ecumenical organisation established in 1919 and a member of the International Fellowship of Reconciliation (IFOR), wh...

Publicado el 15 de octubre de 2021 22:34

Yonny Ronay, a student sentenced to 32 years in prison for a crime he did not commit

According to the lawyers of the Human Rights Center Fray Bartolomé de las Casas (Frayba), the trial against Yonny presents a series of irregularities, such as forgery of signatures, attribution of crimes unrelated to the accused and fabrication of testimonies by the prosecutor’s office in Chiapas...

Publicado el 24 de febrero de 2022 23:19

Documentary ‘The Illusion of Abundance’

In a time when environmental justice is more important than ever, the EU-LAT Network, together with 20 other international organisations, has participated in the documentary The Illusion of Abundance, co-directed by Erika González Ramírez and Matthieu Lietaert. This documentary introduces us to B...

Publicado el 11 de octubre de 2022 12:19

JOINT DECLARATION: In memory of Berta Cáceres EU-LAT y CIDSE urge Member States to adopt the EU Due Diligence Directive

The European Commission adopted a proposal for a Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) on February 23, 2022, with the aim of promoting sustainable and responsible business behavior, that respects human and environmental rights. More than two years later, the Directive has still...

Publicado el 6 de marzo de 2024 13:23

Llamado urgente ante el ataque armado contra la comunidad de Cherán K´eri y la escalada de violencia en la Meseta Purépecha

3 de julio de 2025 Las organizaciones abajo firmantes nos solidarizamos con la comunidad de Cherán K´eri  y nos sumamos al enérgico llamado que claman las comunidades desde la Meseta P´urhépecha en Michoacán, ante el ataque armado del que han sido víctimas por parte de personas desconocidas el...

Publicado el 3 de julio de 2025 20:47

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

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