Mexico urged to investigate student deaths in clash with police

Headline Title: Mexico must investigate student deaths 13 December 2011 Amnesty International today called on the Mexican authorities to launch a full, independent investigation into the deaths of two students amid violent clashes with police during a protest in southern Guerrero state yesterday. Gabriel Echevarría and José Alexis Herrera Pino were killed when police tried to disperse a student teachers’ protest outside the state capital, Chilpancingo, blocking the main motorway between Mexico’s capital and the resort city of Acapulco. At least 14 other people were injured and 24…

Read complete article

~	Fractured futures: Upward mobility for immigrants is a myth as their health declines

~	The scaling back of Saudi Arabia’s proposed urban mega-project sends a clear warning to other would-be utopias

~	Setting the record straight on refugee claims by international students

~	Since Tesla recalled its vehicles in 2023, there have been 20 accidents and investigators are asking why

~	What is energy made of? The Conversation’s Curious Kids podcast

~	Students on social work, nursing and teaching placements to get weekly $319.50 means tested Prac Payment from July next year

~	Nigeria’s minimum wage has never protected workers from poverty: here’s why

~	African countries can’t resolve their debt crisis under a system rigged against them

~	Hong Kong ranks low on global press freedom index as watchdog cites ‘unprecedented’ setbacks

~	Media coverage of campus protests tends to focus on the spectacle, rather than the substance