El jueves 16 de febrero en Punto de Partida, Denise Maerker presentó un reportaje de Cecilia Reynoso y Luis Díaz sobre el caso de Hugo Sánchez, joven indígena mazahua sentenciado a casi 40 años de prisión, cuyo caso defiende el Centro Prodh. Como recordarán, su expediente se encuentra actualmente ante la SCJN, esperando ser resuelto favorablemente.

Ponemos a disposición del público el Informe sombra “Discriminados y encarcelados: Detenciones y condenas arbitrarias a personas indígenas inocentes en México”, así como el comunicado emitido por diversas organizaciones de DH que tuvimos presencia en Ginebra a raíz de la presentación del informe sobre México en el marco de la 80ª sesión del (Comité CERD), así como la presentación del Informe que el Centro Prodh presentó en este Comité.

Mexico City, January 11, 2012 Through news reports, the undersigned civil society organizations have received information that 70 people (45 children, 14 men, and 11 women) were violently evicted on Monday, January 9, in a police operation carried out by the National Migration Institute (INM) and the Federal Police, and were then transferred to the Tapachula Migration Station, Chiapas state, where they were deported to Guatemala.

On October 19, 2011, Mexico’s National Supreme Court (SCJN) assumed jurisdiction over the case of Hugo Sánchez Ramírez, a Mazahua youth from the state of México who was sentenced to 37 years and 6 months in prison for false and unsupported accusations of kidnapping and possession of weapons. Get to know the case.

  José Ramón and Pascual undertook a project to benefit their entire community by providing it with free access to potable water, but they were unjustly sentenced to nearly 7 years of prison due to their defense of their community´s rights. In view of this situation, Center Prodh and the Ellacuría Human Rights Institute issue the following press release as the victims mark two years of imprisonment.