Mexico
Monday 22.11.2021 Mexico - Latest Developments -
New tax rules impact civil society in Mexico
On 27th October 2021, Indigenous forest defender Irma Galindo Barrios went missing, reportedly after attending a protest in Mexico City. According to IM-Defensoras, she was meant to attend a conference of the Mechanism to Protect Human Rights Defenders and Journalists in the capital, but never arrived. Read more
Thursday 7.10.2021 Mexico - Latest Developments -
Mexico: Frustration with government takes people to the streets
On 29th August 2021 in Chiapas, members of a teachers’ union blocked President López Obrador’s vehicle on his way to deliver his daily televised news conference. Members of the Coordinadora Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación (National Coordinator of Education Workers - CNTE) wanted to speak directly to the president about employment issues including remuneration, working conditions and recruitment. Read more
Monday 23.8.2021 Mexico - Latest Developments -
Mexico: wave of killings of journalists, environmental and Indigenous rights defenders
On 12th June 2021, Yaqui Indigenous leader and environmental defender Luis Urbano Domínguez was shot and killed as he exited a bank in Ciudad Obregón, Sonora. Read more | Read in Spanish
Tuesday 13.7.2021 Mexico - Latest Developments -
Conviction of perpetrators in the killings of journalists Miroslava Breach and Javier Valdez
On 8th June 2021, a federal judge in Culiacán, Sinaloa, convicted Juan Francisco Picos Barrueta, known as “El Quillo,” for his role in the murder of journalist Javier Valdez Cárdenas in 2017. Read more
Thursday 20.5.2021 Mexico - Latest Developments -
World Press Freedom Day in Mexico marked by killing of journalist
On World Press Freedom Day, 3rd May 2021, independent reporter Benjamín Morales was found dead with gunshot wounds in Sonoyta, Sonora state. Local outlets reported that police said “a message” had been left with the journalist’s body, but its contents were not disclosed. Read more
Friday 26.3.2021 Mexico - Latest Developments -
Bill to regulate social media threatens freedom of expression in Mexico
At the beginning of February 2021, Mexico’s Senate majority leader presented a bill to regulate social media platforms, which could constrain freedom of expression in the country. Read more | Read in Spanish
Monday 1.2.2021 Mexico - Latest Developments -
Journalist killed covering crime scene and several others threatened in Mexico
On 9th December 2020, Jaime Daniel Castaño Zacarías, a photojournalist and editor of PrensaLibreMx, was shot and killed by unidentified gunmen after he photographed two dead bodies found on the side of a highway in Jerez, Zacatecas state. Read more
Thursday 3.12.2020 Mexico - Latest Developments -
Three reporters killed in Mexico, showing increasingly more dangerous environment for journalists
On 29th October 2020, television news anchor Arturo Alba Medina was killed by armed assailants who shot him multiple times while he was driving his car in Juarez. Read more | Read in Spanish
Wednesday 7.10.2020 Mexico - Latest Developments -
Feminist occupation of National Human Rights Commission in Mexico
On 16th August 2020, demonstrations were held in Mexico City to protest violence against women and girls across the country. Read more | Read in Spanish
Thursday 30.7.2020 Mexico - Latest Developments -
Enforced disappearance during Guadalajara protest and two journalists at severe risk
In the beginning of June 2020, hundreds of people joined protests against police brutality and demanded justice for Giovanni López, a man who was detained and died the next day from a head injury. Read more | Read in Spanish
