Allegation Letter regarding Imprisonment of Environmental Defenders in Mexico (4 July 2018)
To: Mexico
Subject: Information received concerning the sentencing of six environmental defenders for the alleged murder of a Spanish businessman in 2003. These individuals had been actively defending the right to water for the indigenous community of San Pedro Tlanixco, State of Mexico.
Mandates: Arbitrary Detention; Environment; Freedom of Opinion and Expression; Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and of Association; Toxics and Human Rights; Human Rights Defenders; Indigenous Peoples; Independence of Judges and Lawyers; Water and Sanitation; Racism