Posted on March 31, 2008 by MexicoReporter
Mexico’s National Human Rights Commission is to investigate all of the reported cases of aggression against the emo youth subculture in Mexico, following a spate of violence and hostility across the country directed at the group.
According to El Universal, the Commission called for tolerance yesterday and voiced concern that attacks against emos violate the right [...]
Filed under: ciudad de mexico, el chopo, emos, human rights commission, mexicans, mexico, police, politics, protests, punks, violence | Tagged: cndh, darks, emos, goths, Mexico City, peace rally, punks, tolernace, violence | No Comments »
Posted on March 30, 2008 by MexicoReporter
The peace rally organised by the Mexico City government last week to try and settle differences between emos and what is thought are other youth groups seems to have failed.
As covered by Daniel Hernandez here on his blog, which has provided excellent coverage of the disturbances, a march for tolerance which took place yesterday through [...]
Filed under: ciudad de mexico, daniel hernandez, el chopo, emos, punks | Tagged: distrubances, el chopo, emo, Mexico City, punk, tolerance | No Comments »
Posted on March 27, 2008 by MexicoReporter
MexicoReporter.com headed down to Insurgentes yesterday with the Los Angeles Times to cover a kind of peace rally organised by the leftist city government following the friction between emos and other youth groups, reported earlier this week.
The result was this blog post by correspondent Ken Ellingwood and myself featuring a video interview with 18-year-old [...]
Filed under: ciudad de mexico, culture, emos, events, video | Tagged: Andrea Velazquez, culture, darks, deborah bonello, emos, gaudi, hardcores, insurgentes, ken ellingwood, los angeles times, mexico, music, peace, protest, punks, skaters | 2 Comments »
Posted on March 24, 2008 by MexicoReporter
This brilliant directorial debut from Uruguayan-born Rodrigo Pla poses some of life’s most fundamental moral questions in a film that grips the viewer right from the start.
The feature also brings to the cinema, with very little exaggeration, some of the social dynamics of Mexican society and its obstacles to justice.
Set in a gated community for [...]
Filed under: La Zona, ciudad de mexico, culture, film | Tagged: Alan Chavez, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Daniel Tovar, Emiliano Villanueva, La Zona, Laura Santullo, Mario Zaragoza, Mexican, miguel, Rigoberto, Rodrigo Pla, vigilante | No Comments »
Posted on March 22, 2008 by MexicoReporter
The Mexico City Government called a meeting today for the coming Tuesday between the city’s ‘urban tribes’ to try to put an end to the increasing violence and animosity against emos that is currently sweeping Mexico - see Daniel Hernandez’s blog here for an excellent synopisis of the current situation.
Since the first attack against the [...]
Filed under: ciudad de mexico, culture, emos, human rights commission, police, politics, protests, punks, violence | Tagged: aggression, conservative, emos, insurgentes, Mexico City, punks, skaters | 2 Comments »
Posted on March 21, 2008 by MexicoReporter
At around 10pm on Tuesday night of this week, Auricela Castro García, the publisher of El Mundo de Orizaba, a daily based in Orizaba in the southeastern state of Veracruz, received a phonecall.
Identifying himself as José Sánchez, the caller asked to speak to the publisher “for personal reasons.” The call was transferred to the editor, [...]
Filed under: Veracruz, committee to protect journalists, crime, freedom of speech, human rights, human rights commission, impunity, journalism, justice, media, police, politics, reporters without borders, violence | Tagged: Auricela Castro García, El Mundo de Orizaba, Fidel Herrera Beltrán, Gumercindo Hernández, Héctor Rafael Sorcia Reyes, National Commission for Human Rights, reporters without borders, Veracruz | No Comments »
Posted on March 20, 2008 by MexicoReporter
La Misma Luna, or Under the Same Moon, made its Mexico City debut last week to a full house. The movie, which is the first Latino-centric feature from Fox Searchlight, tells the story of the separation of mother and son against the backdrop of thorny issue of immigration between Mexico and the United States.
The film [...]
Filed under: film, immigration, la misma luna, los angeles, media | Tagged: la misma luna, Ligiah Villalobos, los angeles times, mexicoreporter.com, new york times, patricia riggen, under the same moon, washington post | No Comments »
Posted on March 19, 2008 by MexicoReporter
Threats to reporters from government and criminals are making investigative journalism impossible, writes Deborah Bonello
In February this year, the car of Mexican journalist Estrada Zamora was found empty on the side of the road in the southern state of Michoacán with its engine running. Zamora was not inside and has not been seen since.
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Filed under: Felipe Calderon, Michoacán, Tamaulipas, advocacy, amnesty international, article19, blood, ciudad de mexico, committee to protect journalists, crime, freedom of speech, human rights, impunity, journalism, justice, louise arbour, lydia cacho, media, military, narcotraffick, newspapers, police, politics, reporters without borders, violence | Tagged: cepet, Diario de México, Estrada Zamora, Francisco Ortiz Monroy, index on censorship, journalist, mexicoreporter.com, reporters without borders, UK | No Comments »
Posted on March 17, 2008 by MexicoReporter
The focus of the latest film from LA-based Mexican director Patricia Riggen is torn from today’s headlines and deals with the issue of families separated by borders.
The Los Angeles Times talked with director Patricia Riggen and screenwriter Ligiah Villalobos in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, about making the film and Mexicans in LA.
This film appeared [...]
Filed under: film, la misma luna, latimes, video, women | Tagged: Boyle Heights, la misma luna, Ligiah Villalobos, Mexican director Patricia Riggen, the los angeles times | No Comments »
Posted on March 13, 2008 by MexicoReporter
The headline might be stating the obvious, but for the record, according to the 2007 country report from the US State department, released this week:
‘The [Mexican] government generally respected and promoted human rights at the national level by investigating, prosecuting, and sentencing public officials and members of the security forces. However, impunity and corruption remained [...]
Filed under: US State Department, advocacy, amnesty international, article19, human rights, merida initiave | Tagged: impunity, human rights, police, mexico, corruption, US State Department, physical abuse, poor prisons, kidnappings, transparency, intimidation, dsicrimination, arbitrary arrests | No Comments »
