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Weekly Report - 04 May 2017 (WR-17-17)
MEXICO: Combating torture and forced disappearances
The government led by President Enrique Peña Nieto will seize on the passage of two significant pieces of legislation through the federal congress over the course of the last week as evidence that it is responding to the stream of criticism it has faced on the issue of human rights. A bill on torture won final approval in congress; another on forced disappearances was approved by the senate but must still transit the lower chamber.
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