Mexico: Rights experts 'outraged' over attacks on women activists

By UN News

Aug 30, 2023 8:33 am

A group of UN independent human rights experts on Wednesday urged the Government of Mexico to investigate and prosecute those who attack and kill women activists searching for their missing relatives.

'We are outraged that those searching for forcibly disappeared family members and loved ones continue to be targeted and face violence in Mexico,' they said in a statement, issued in the wake of two recent incidents.

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A group of UN independent human rights experts on Wednesday urged the Government of Mexico to investigate and prosecute those who attack and kill women activists searching for their missing relatives.

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