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	<title>Human Rights Digest &#187; Mexico</title>
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		<title>Mexico: Amnesty International adopts five indigenous rights defenders as prisoners of conscience</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:41:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Otto</dc:creator>
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Amnesty International is calling for the immediate and unconditional release of Raúl Hernández, Manuel Cruz, Orlando Manzanarez, Natalio Ortega and Romualdo Santiago, who have been in detention for more than six months in Ayutla, Guerrero state. After closely scrutinising their case, Amnesty International has concluded that all five are innocent of the murder charges and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Massacre in Mexico City; questions remain</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 05:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Otto</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Forty years after one of the worst incidents of mass killing in Mexico’s history, the Mexican government still hasn’t given answers to questions surrounding the massacre that took place in Mexico City, said Amnesty International.
The organization called on Mexican President Felipe Calderón to establish once and for all the truth behind the massacre that took [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mexico: Supreme Court Upholds Mexico City Abortion Law</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Otto</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Landmark Decision Confirms Right to an Abortion up to 12th Week of Gestation
In a historic decision today, the Mexican Supreme Court ruled that Mexico City’s law decriminalizing abortion during the first 12 weeks of gestation is constitutional. In a publicly broadcast proceeding, the court voted 8-to-3 in favor of upholding the Mexico City law, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mexico: International Rally for Human Rights and HIV/AIDS</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:07:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Activists and people affected by HIV and AIDS joined a global rally for human rights during the International AIDS Conference in Mexico City.
The rally featured keynote addresses by Mary Robinson, executive director of the Ethical Globalization Initiative and former UN high commissioner for Human Rights and president of Ireland; Mark Heywood, head of the AIDS [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mexico: Authorities don&#8217;t take women’s safety seriously</title>
		<link>http://www.humanrightsdigest.org/987/mexico-authorities-dont-take-women%e2%80%99s-safety-seriously</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 01:30:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Otto</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thousands of Mexican women who survive violence in their homes are being put at risk of further abuse by a justice system that often fails to take their safety seriously, said Amnesty International in a new report today.
Amnesty International’s report explores the obstacles Mexican women face when trying to report cases of domestic violence – [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Women in Mexico let down by failures in justice system</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 21:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Otto</dc:creator>
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Thousands of Mexican women who face violence in their homes are being put at risk of further abuse by a justice system that often fails to take their safety seriously, according to a new Amnesty International report.
Mexico: Women&#8217;s struggle for justice and safety: Violence in the family in Mexico says that one in four women [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mexico: Women’s struggle for safety and justice</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:52:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Otto</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Violence against women
Almost one in four women in Mexico has suffered physical and/or sexual violence at the hands of an intimate partner. (Encuesta Nacional sobre la Dinámica de las Relaciones en los Hogares, 2006)
82 per cent of women victims of violence did not report it to the authorities. (Encuesta Nacional sobre la Dinámica de las [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mexico: Merida initiative can only deliver security with human rights</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:37:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Otto</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amnesty International today urged the US Congress to maintain human rights safeguards in the Merida initiative – legislation to fund a security cooperation package between the US, Mexico and Central America.
Amnesty International’s call comes as the US Congress has come under increasing pressure not to include human rights safeguards in the proposed initiative. Mexican government [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mexico: Rights Commission Distorts HRW Report</title>
		<link>http://www.humanrightsdigest.org/284/mexico-rights-commission-distorts-hrw-report</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 13:15:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Otto</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Officials Should Address Deficiencies, Not Defend Them
Mexico&#8217;s National Human Rights Commission undermines its own credibility by distorting the findings of a Human Rights Watch report, Human Rights Watch said today. The commission&#8217;s claim that it found 48 errors in the report does not withstand scrutiny and it is a blatant tactic to sidestep the critical [...]]]></description>
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