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Entrevista19 - Juan Manuel Martínez Moreno

After being held in prison for 16 months, accused of the murder of Indymedia cameraman Bradley Roland Will, Juan Manuel Martínez Moreno was released on 18 February 2010. Although he has been freed, Mr Martínez Moreno and his family continue to suffer threats and harassment. They have been granted precautionary measures by the Mexican National Human Rights Commission, and have requested precautionary measures from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.

Entrevista19 - Juan Manuel Martínez Moreno (pdf 842 KB)

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Entrevista17 Tlachinollan : Ines Fernandez Before the IACHR

In Lima, Peru, on Thursday 15 April 2010, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights held a public hearing of the claims made by indigenous Me’phaa woman, Inés Fernández Ortega, against the Mexican State. Mrs. Fernández alleges that she suffered torture and sexual assault at the hands of military personnel in 2002. Her lawyers from Tlachinollan Human Rights Centre argued that Inés Fernández’s experience highlights the recurring issues in Mexico, such as the lack of access to justice for women victims of violence; violations caused by the increasing absence of civilian monitoring of the Armed Forces; and the persecution facing those who organise to defend the rights of indigenous peoples. The State repeatedly refused to acknowledge that members of the Armed Forces had raped Inés Fernández, although in the course of the hearing, it did recognise that it had conducted an inadequate investigation into the matter. A PBI Mexico representative attended the hearing in Peru, and conducted this interview with Inés Fernández's lawyers from Tlachinollan afterwards.

Entrevista17 Tlachinollan : Ines Fernandez Before the IACHR (pdf 1.5 MB)

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Entrevista16 Radilla Case Before the IACHR : Interview with Humberto Guerrero, legal director of the Mexican Commission for the Defence and Promotion of Human Rights

On Tuesday 15 December 2009, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights published its first judgement condemning the Mexican State in relation to a person detained and disappeared during the Dirty War (...) PBI interviewed Humberto Guerrero, legal director of the Mexican Commission for the Defence and Promotion of Human Rights (Comisión Mexicana de Defensa y Promoción de los Derechos Humanos, CMDPDH). The Commission acts as the Radilla family’s legal representative in the case.

Entrevista16 Radilla Case Before the IACHR : Interview with Humberto Guerrero, legal director of the Mexican Commission for the Defence and Promotion of Human Rights (pdf 642 KB)

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Entrevista15 Radilla Case : Head of the Mexican Ministry of Interior's Human Rights Unit comments on the IACHR judgement

On Tuesday 15 December 2009, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights published its first judgement condemning the Mexican State in relation to a person detained and disappeared during the Dirty War. This was the case of Rosendo Radilla Pacheco. Mr Radilla was forcibly disappeared after being detained at a military checkpoint in Atoyac de Álvarez, in the state of Guerrero, in August 1974. The Court established the Mexican State's responsibility for the violation of Rosendo Radilla’s rights to life, liberty and personal integrity. José Antonio Guevara , Human Rights Officer at Mexico´s Ministry of Interior explains to PBI how the Mexican government will comply with this judgement.

Entrevista15 Radilla Case : Head of the Mexican Ministry of Interior's Human Rights Unit comments on the IACHR judgement (pdf 319 KB)

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Entrevista14 Tita Radilla comments on the IACHR judgement on his father’s case

On Tuesday 15 December 2009, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights published its first judgement condemning the Mexican State in relation to a person detained and disappeared during the Dirty War. This was the case of Rosendo Radilla Pacheco. Since 2003, PBI has accompanied Mr Radilla’s daughter, Tita Radilla, because of the threats she has suffered as a result of her work against impunity and in defense of fundamental rights.

Entrevista14 Tita Radilla comments on the IACHR judgement on his father’s case (pdf 2.6 MB)

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Entrevista13 Valentina Cantú before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights

On 16 February 2002, Valentina Rosendo Cantú, then aged 17, was victim of sexual assault, torture and deprivation of liberty, allegedly committed by Mexican soldiers. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights accepted the case. PBI has provided accompaniment to Valentina Rosendo Cantú and her daughter as a result of the attacks and threats the two have suffered.

Entrevista13 Valentina Cantú before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (pdf 1.3 MB)

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Entrevista12 Raul Hernández, prisoner of conscience

Interview with Raúl Hernández Abundio, declared a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International This interview was carried out in the Ayutla CERESO on 12 November 2009, a year and a half after Raúl was first gaoled.

Entrevista12 Raul Hernández, prisoner of conscience (pdf 4.7 MB)

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Entrevista11 RadioNomndaa

New arrest warrant against David Valtierra, co-founder of the community radio station Radio Ñomndaa, The Word of the Water, in Xochistlahuaca, Guerrero

Entrevista11 RadioNomndaa (pdf 3.9 MB)

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Entrevista10 Cuauhtémoc Ramirez, OPIM

Effects of criminal cases against human rights defenders Cuauhtémoc Ramírez Rodríguez is the current secretary of the Organisation of the Indigenous Me’phaa People (Organización del Pueblo Indígena Me’phaa, OPIM). The organisation defends and promotes the basic rights of indigenous Me’phaa communities in the municipality of Ayutla de los Libres, Guerrero.

Entrevista10 Cuauhtémoc Ramirez, OPIM (pdf 419 KB)

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Entrevista 7 Civil Monitor: indigenous youth shot at military checpoint

Indigenous Man killed at Military Checkpoint, Huamuxtitlán, Guerrero. On July 7th, lawyers from the Civil Monitor traveled to Huamuxtitlán to follow up on the case. PBI accompanied them and interviewed Rommel Chacan, lawyer from the Civil Monitor.

Entrevista 7 Civil Monitor: indigenous youth shot at military checpoint (pdf 1.1 MB)

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Entrevista 6 AFADEM CMDPDH: Demand for Justice for the Disappeared from the Dirty War

Demand for justice before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights on behalf of the disappeared from the Dirty War in Mexico. Tita and Rosendo Radilla Martínez testify on July 7th

Entrevista 6 AFADEM CMDPDH: Demand for Justice for the Disappeared from the Dirty War (pdf 1.2 MB)

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Entrevista 5 Tadeco Tlachinollan: Militarization in the Sierra de Petatlán

On June 9th, 500 soldiers arrived and besieged two communities of about 40 inhabitants in the Sierra de Petatlán, Guerrero. Because of the serious nature of the situation, members of NGOs, the Coddehum and reporters traveled to the area to document the situation.

Entrevista 5 Tadeco Tlachinollan: Militarization in the Sierra de Petatlán (pdf 269 KB)

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Entrevista 4 Comite 25: Justice for Juan Manuel

Justice for Juan Manuel. On October 16th, 2008 Juan Manuel Martínez Moreno was detained by the National Attorney General's Office (PGR), and accused of participating in the murder of U.S. reporter Bradley Rolland Will, killed on October 27th, 2006. The November 25th Liberation Committee defends the innocence of Martínez Moreno, and has taken on his legal defense.

Entrevista 4 Comite 25: Justice for Juan Manuel (pdf 1.7 MB)

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Entrevista 3 Tepeyac: Indigenous Rights and Wind Farms in the Tehuantepec Isthmus

Indigenous Rights and Wind Farms in the Tehuantepec Isthmus. The case of San Mateo del Mar, a community affected by the construction of a wind farm, is a vivid example of the agrarian conflicts and demands for legal recognition of agrarian rights that continue to be problematic in many indigenous communities.

Entrevista 3 Tepeyac: Indigenous Rights and Wind Farms in the Tehuantepec Isthmus (pdf 1.2 MB)

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Entrevista 2 Cerezo Committee

The Cerezo Committee receives Hector and Antonio, freed February 16, 2009. Brigadas Internacionales de Paz began accompanying Emiliana, Francisco and Alejandro Cerezo Contreras, members of the Cerezo Committee in February 2002 following the detention of their brothers Alejandro, Hector and Antonio in August 2001. As a result of the activities they carried out to demand their freedom, Francisco and Emiliana Cerezo Contreras were victims of several episodes of harassment and threats.

Entrevista 2 Cerezo Committee (pdf 705 KB)

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Entrevista 1 CCTI: Observation Mission in Guerrero

On December 15, 2008 the Collective Against Torture and Impunity (CCTI) called out to civil society organizations to organize an observation mission in order to investigate the case of Javier Torres Cruz and to meet with Máximo Mojica Delgado.

Entrevista 1 CCTI: Observation Mission in Guerrero (pdf 549 KB)