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Sheinbaum’s second report faces scrutiny as Amnesty accuses her of ignoring disappearances and attacks on journalists

From El Universal · () Spanish

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  • Amnesty International acknowledged progress in Claudia Sheinbaum’s administration but said her second government report excluded several of Mexico’s most serious human rights crises.
  • The organization criticized the omission of disappearances, violence against women searchers, attacks on journalists and defenders, and the continued criminalization and stigmatization of civic activity.
  • Amnesty welcomed mention of a proposed General Law on Femicide but said legal changes must produce effective prevention, investigation, justice and reparations.

Amnesty International says Mexico’s most serious human rights crises cannot be erased from public accounting simply by leaving them out of a presidential report.

In a message on X, the organization recognized that President Claudia Sheinbaum’s second government report presented advances and results from her administration. But it said the document failed to address disappearances, violence and risks faced by women searching for missing people, as well as attacks against journalists and human rights defenders.

Disappearances do not stop happening because they are not mentioned. Attacks against journalists and human rights defenders do not disappear by asserting that freedoms exist.

· Amnesty InternationalThe organization criticized the omission of disappearances and attacks from Sheinbaum’s government report.

Amnesty also said the report did not address the criminalization and stigmatization that it considers ongoing restrictions on civic space. “Disappearances do not stop happening because they are not mentioned. Attacks against journalists and human rights defenders do not disappear by asserting that freedoms exist,” the organization said.

Violence against women is not solved only with new laws.

· Amnesty InternationalAmnesty said proposed legal changes must be followed by prevention, investigations, justice and reparations.

The group viewed the report’s reference to an initiative for a General Law on Femicide as relevant. It cautioned, however, that continuing femicidal violence requires more than legislative changes. New rules, it said, must lead to effective prevention, investigations, justice and reparations. “Violence against women is not solved only with new laws,” Amnesty said.

The organization also expressed concern that the consolidation of the National Guard appeared as a pillar of the federal government’s security strategy. Amnesty referred to its document “Promises in Progress, Rights at Risk,” which calls for Mexico to move toward a civilian public-security model that respects human rights. Two years into Sheinbaum’s administration, it urged the federal government to acknowledge the crises as a first step toward addressing them. “Human rights must also form part of the accounts rendered to the country,” it concluded.

Human rights must also form part of the accounts rendered to the country.

· Amnesty InternationalThe organization’s closing appeal called for human rights to be included in government accountability.
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