Mexican Senate Calls for Protection for Human Rights Activists, Journalists

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 The Mexican Senate has called on authorities at all levels of government to protect human rights activists and journalists.

Rights activists and members of the media must deal with harassment, threats, forced disappearances and murder, the Senate said in a statement.

Officials should take measures to prevent attacks on journalists and human rights activists, senators said.

The Senate called on the federal Attorney General’s Office and on the state attorneys general to investigate human rights violations.

The Government Secretariat and state and municipal authorities should issue reports on the mechanisms established to protect human rights, the Senate said.

During the 2010-2012 period, 89 aggressions targeting these groups were registered in Mexico, of which 38 percent were threats; 13 percent were arbitrary actions; 12 percent constituted harassment; 11 percent involved the taking of lives; 11 percent were arbitrary arrests; 6 percent were attacks; 7 percent involved arbitrary use of the criminal justice system; and 2 percent involved forced disappearances, the U. N. High Commissioner for Human Rights said.

The Senate called on officials to continue taking actions aimed at promoting, protecting and guaranteeing the human rights of journalists and rights activists.

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