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SIPAZ REPORTS
Articles published in the SIPAZ Quarterly Reports
22/03/2024
In January, the report “Voting Under Fire: Understanding Political-Criminal Violence in Mexico” was presented, which documents that in 2023 there were 574 incidents of political-criminal violence. 264 of them were against public officials or candidates for elected office, says Data Civica, the consulting firm behind the report.
16/12/2023
16/12/2023
In November, the XXIV Meeting of Black, Afro-Mexican and Afro-descendant Peoples was held. On this occasion it took place in Tamiahua, Veracruz.
16/12/2023
According to various reports from Mexican and international human rights organizations, arbitrary detentions are a recurring practice in Mexico. This phenomenon involves the arrest of individuals without valid justification or illegally,
16/12/2023
In September, the National Peace Dialogue was held in Puebla, after talks and Justice and Security Forums were held in the states in which more than 18 thousand people participated in the last ten months.
27/09/2023
27/09/2023
In August, the Forum “Spinning Alternatives with the Children of Chiapas” was held in San Cristobal de Las Casas, convened by Melel Xojobal, the Network for the Rights of Children and Adolescents (REDIAS) and Slamalil Kinal.
27/09/2023
Every June 20th, World Refugee Day is celebrated, in a context in which, according to data provided by the United Nations (UN), twenty-four individuals leave their homes every minute, escaping war conflicts, persecutions or horror situations.
27/09/2023
In June, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) recognized that during his government recorded homicides have exceeded those of previous administrations. In 2019, 34,690 murders were recorded, in 2020, 34,554, in 2021, 33,308 and in 2022, 30,968, while in the first quarter of 2023 there were 9,912, an average of 83 per day.
17/06/2023
17/06/2023
To disappear, is it a verb that can be applied to people? Thinking logically, the answer would be no, at least not beyond the realm of illusion and magic. Nevertheless, reality has surpassed the unimaginable.
17/06/2023
El Sur Resiste (The South Resists) is a movement that unites different organizations and people from the southern and southeastern states of Mexico (mainly from the National Indigenous Congress - CNI), who fight against megaprojects.
17/06/2023
Last March, Amnesty International presented its annual report, in which it addresses the human rights crisis in Mexico and highlights the lack of government action to address it.
09/03/2023
09/03/2023
On December 21st and 22nd, 2022, various activities were held to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Acteal Massacre, in which 45 people, mainly women and children, were murdered. Likewise, the 30th anniversary of Las Abejas Civil Society was celebrated, an organization to which the victims also belonged.
09/03/2023
According to the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI), Mexico is the fourth country worldwide with the greatest biological biodiversity. Thanks to its geographical location, relief and diversity of climates, the country has nine of the 11 types of ecosystems; about 200 thousand different species and is also home to approximately 12% of the biodiversity in the world.