Angélica Elizabeth Díaz Molina
Angélica Elizabeth Díaz Molina es periodista independiente, defensora de derechos humanos y acompañante de casos de graves violaciones a derechos humanos en varios estados de México. Trabaja temas relacionados con desaparición, feminicidios, persecución política y defensa del territorio. Ha colaborado con varias organizaciones de la sociedad civil, es fundadora y colaboradora activa del Sueña Dignidad, una colectiva de periodistas, personas defensoras de derechos humanos y artistas, que acompañan casos de violaciones de derechos humanos
Human rights defenders (HRDs) and journalists in Mexico are subject to intimidation, legal harassment, arbitrary detention, death threats, acts of physical aggression, enforced disappearances and killings as a result of their activities in defence of human rights and the exercise of freedom of expression and journalism.
Disappearances are endemic in Mexico, often happening with collusion from the state. HRDs working on the issue face serious risk, up to and including death. HRDs working in the defence of territory, particularly indigenous territory, face a similar level of risk. They are criminalised, imprisoned, defamed, and often killed. Journalists working on any of these issues, or issues related to the drugs trade and the government's complicity in this, also run the risk of losing their lives.
