What did Digna Ochoa do?
Digna Ochoa, an activist for the defense of human rights in Mexico, who was associated with the “Miguel AgustĂn Pro Juárez” Human Rights Center (PRODH), was assassinated on October 19th, 2001, two months after provisional measures in her favor were lifted.
What honor did Digna Ochoa have?
In 2002, Digna received post mortem the International Human Rights Award by Global Exchange, an international NGO based in San Francisco. In 2003, Digna Ochoa received post mortem The Ludovic-Trarieux International Human Rights Prize awarded by European Bars.
Biography
Ochoa went to law school in the state capital, Xalapa, Veracruz, in 1984 and began working part-time for the Veracruz Attorney General's Offices in 1986.
Death
At the time of her death, she was involved in the defence of peasant ecologists in Guerrero. Digna Ochoa was killed on October 19, 2001 in Mexico City. Her body was found in the law office where she worked.
External links
"About the Digna Ochoa Case", Lawyers Rights Watch Canada summary of Ochoa murder.
The Mystery of Digna Ochoa
MEXICO CITY — The unsolved killing of human-rights lawyer Digna Ochoa features all the elements of a tense Costa-Gavras political thriller like State of Siege or Missing.
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