Human Rights

Alberto Amaro Jordán is a journalist from Atexcatzingo, just east of Mexico City. He founded La Prensa de Tlaxcala in 2018. He has been attacked, threatened and arrested by police officers and intimidated by members of organized crime groups. He told Amnesty International about the worsening situation for press freedom.

In El Salvador, prominent human rights defenders and journalists are being targeted, while individuals and organizations in receipt of foreign funding are being required to register and pay a 30 per cent tax on all funds received from abroad. Fear and self-censorship are on the increase.

In April 2025, Mexico City unveiled a comprehensive 20-point strategy to address the crisis of forced disappearance. Developed in collaboration with families of the...

Influenced by the example of the Madres y Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo, in 1995, HIJOS - Sons and Daughters for the Assertion of Identity and Justice Against Oblivion and Silence - became a powerful voice in the struggle against impunity in Argentina, enabling hundreds of young people to find a safe space to speak up and reconstruct their identity.

The Bukele government in El Salvador, as well as locking up thousands of alleged gang members is now extending its attacks to communities and those who seek to defend their human rights and their land.

The arrest in London of General Pinochet, with a view to his extradition to Spain on charges of crimes against humanity had an extraordinary impact in Chile, among the Chilean diaspora and around the world. Beatrice Twentyman looks at this impact.

The discovery of a pile of shoes and a ditch containing human remains at a farm in Jalisco state suggests that this was an extermination camp operated by the drug cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación. The government of Claudi Sheinbaum is trying to evade responsibility, blaming the authorities in Jalisco and trumpeting its progress in reducing the murder rate. Meanwhile, disappearances have escalated.

A new-born baby discovered abandoned in a plastic bag sparked a public furore, pitting the church and pro-life defenders against advocates of women's right to choose and better sex education and support for young people.

The CAMeNA archive in Mexico City contains fascinating testimony from members of the region's armed forces who remained loyal to constitutions and democracies and stood up (often at the cost of their rank, their liberty and sometimes their lives) against golpistas, the oligarchies and US-inspired National Security doctrines.

A graphic novel by Adam Policzer describes his experience as a Jewish child in wartime Hungary and, decades later, his arrest in Pinochet's Chile. In each case he was saved by the courage and humanity of individuals who dared to resist: a quality the book celebrates.