Chiapas: Lack of commitment on the part of the Mexican State inhibited human-rights defender from attending UN conference

The Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas Center for Human Rights denounced that “this act demonstrates the lack of seriousness and will on the part of the Mexican State to enforce the precautionary measures granted to Margarita Martínez and to provide guarantees for her activities as a human-rights defender.”

For more information (in Spanish):

Lack of protection on the part of the Mexican government for rights-defender (bulletin released by the Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas Center for Human Rights)

For more information from SIPAZ (in English):

Chiapas: 7 months after the beginning of harassment directed at members of Enlace Comunicación y Capacitación of Comitán (23 June 2010)

Chiapas: Wife of Adolfo Guzmán Ordaz, Member of Enlace, Comunicación y Capacitación, Margarita Martínez: Beaten, Kidnapped and Threatened with Death (26 February 2010)