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THE UN says it has evidence of human rights violations in Mexico, including torture and fabricated evidence.
The UN High Commission for Human Rights raised concerns after a shootout involving security services in Acapulco on Sunday, in which 11 people were killed.
Its office in Mexico said that it had information on “torture and ill-treatment, disrespect for the right to a legal defence, evidence fabrication against some detained people, raids conducted without warrants and poor detention conditions.”
Groups are urging the US government to secure the 16-year old’s release as his mental and physical health decline dramatically after nine months inside Ofer prison, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
The Islamic Republic is attempting to deflect from its own failures with a scapegoating campaign against vulnerable and impoverished migrants, writes JAMSHID AHMADI