Mexican president says state was main violator of human rights 0 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy ReutersMEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Sunday the state had in the past been the main violator of human rights in the country, as he blamed violence and disappearances on his predecessors’ “neo-liberal” economic policies. “There was a time in which the main violator of human rights was the state. It was the violator par excellence of human rights. The violence has been punctuated by mass killings, some of which have drawn international condemnation of the Mexican authorities.

Source: Manila Bulletin March 25, 2019 01:30 UTC