Mexican Human Rights Worker in London

Last weekend I went to see Mexican human rights defender, Tita Radilla, speak at the Frontline Club in London. Her father, a popular mayor and folk singer, was disappeared during the Guerra Sucia (Dirty War) of the 1960s and 70s.  

Her struggle centres around La Cuidad de Servicios (The City of Services), a compound used for detaining and torturing left-wing opponents of the Government. Tita is certain that the body of her father and many others are buried in the vicinity of La Cuidad, and she is nearing the end of a lengthly battle to bring the Mexican Government to justice. Despite constant death threats she has succeeded in bringing the case to the Inter-American Court - hopefully they will not ignore the overwhelming evidence on their side.

Tita and her comrades have been supported by Peace Brigades International, an organisation that sends impartial observers from the international community to help keep human rights defenders from being harmed.