Amnesty Calls on Mexico's President to Confront Critical Human Rights Situation Salil Shetty - Amnesty International
go to original February 21, 2014

Relatives of Mexico's disappeared meet Amnesty International's Secretary General Salil Shetty. (Amnesty International)

At a meeting with President Enrique Peña Nieto this week, Amnesty International’s Secretary General, Salil Shetty, delivered a memorandum demanding an urgent list of actions to combat entrenched impunity and serious human rights violations.  

The meeting focussed on widespread torture, the large number of disappearances, abuses against migrants and refugees, attacks on journalists and human rights defenders, and violence faced by women and indigenous peoples.

“While Mexico is an increasingly important actor on the world stage, not only in economic terms but in the field of human rights, it is failing to deliver at home. I told the President that he must demonstrate he is serious about ensuring human rights not just internationally but for all inside the country as well,” said Salil Shetty.

 “The President has the power to address Mexico’s worrying human rights situation. He should take urgent and concrete steps to ensure full respect for human rights for every individual in the country.”

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