Irma Rosa Martínez Arellano

Irma Rosa Martínez Arellano is a journalist interested in human rights issues. She has worked in the media since the early 1980’s, in radio, television and print media, and has been a Washington correspondent. She has also worked in the Mexico City Human Rights Commission.

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Civil society organisations in Mexico are hanging in the balance following the government's decision to cancel funding

4 June 2019

Human rights

Civil society organisations in Mexico are hanging in the balance following the government’s decision to cancel funding

According to activists in Mexico, the current president is violating the rights of citizens to organise, participate in society and defend [...]Read the full article

30 January 2019

Labour

Two decades of labour flexibilisation in Mexico has left workers facing “drastic” precarity

Given the lack of employment opportunities, people seeking work do not pick and choose; they simply take what they are given. And the new [...]Read the full article

Over 37,000 people have been made to disappear in Mexico

29 October 2018

Human rights

Over 37,000 people have been made to disappear in Mexico

Faced with the authorities’ failure, or inability, to act, it is the families of the disappeared who are undertaking the search for their loved [...]Read the full article

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