> > Subject: AI: Mexico bulletin > From: Ray Mitchel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 13 Feb 1995 18:45:11 GMT > Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive > > > +------------------------------------------------------+ > + AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL URGENT ACTION BULLETIN + > + Electronic distribution authorised + > + This bulletin expires: 27 March 1995. + > +------------------------------------------------------+ > > EXTERNAL (for general distribution) AI Index: AMR 41/02/95 > Distr: UA/SC > > UA 31/95 Torture / Fear for safety 13 February 1995 > > MEXICO Maria Gloria GUEVARA NIEBLA (f) > Jorge SANTIAGO SANTIAGO > Ricardo HERNANDEZ LOPEZ > Hilario MARTINEZ HERNANDEZ > Martin TRUJILLO BARAJAS > Luis SANCHEZ NAVARRETE > Alvaro CASTILLO GRANADOS > Hermelinda GARCIA ZAPAHUA (f) > Rosa HERNANDEZ HERNANDEZ (f) > > Fears for the safety of several people detained by the Mexican > Federal Judicial Police in the past few days have been > heightened by allegations that one of them has been tortured > in custody. > > On 12 February it was reported that Maria Gloria Guevara > Niebla, detained in Mexico City on 8 February, had been > tortured between 8 and 9 February, and forced to sign a > confession. Amnesty International has learned that she was > also threatened with the torture of her two-year-old son. > > Jorge Santiago Santiago was detained in Teopisca, Chiapas, on > 10 February. The others named above were detained in the town > of Yanga, state of Veracruz on 8 February. The detainees are > reported to be members of the Zapatista National Liberation > Army (EZLN) and were allegedly detained in connection with > weapons found in Mexico City and Yanga. In an interview > published in the Mexican daily La Jornada on 10 February, > Jorge Santiago Santiago, director of Desarrollo Economico y > Social de los Mexicanos Indigenas, a non-governmental > organization in Chiapas, denied any involvement with the EZLN. > > BACKGROUND INFORMATION > > In a press statement on 9 February, President Ernesto Zedillo > called for the arrest of several EZLN leaders, including > sub-commander Marcos, whom he named as Rafael Sebastian > Guillen Vicente. The President also named four other alleged > leaders of the EZLN and arrest warrants were issued against > all five. It is reported that warrants have now also been > issued against 13 indigenous people alleged to be EZLN > members. > > The offices of CONPAZ (Coordinacion de Organismos no > Gubernamentales por la Paz), the Coordination of > Non-governmental Organizations Working for Peace, in San > Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, were raided by members of the > Mexican Federal Judicial Police (PFJ) on 10 February at > 1.15am. Members of CONPAZ are reported to have been followed > by the police when they left their offices shortly before the > raid. > > Amnesty International fears that these developments may result > in further human rights violations. In the armed clashes > which began on 1 January 1994, at least 145 people are > reported to have died before a cease-fire was called in > mid-January 1994. Amnesty International has documented > widespread human rights violations in the context of this > conflict, including the summary execution of prisoners, > extensive use of torture, and "disappearances" perpetrated by > members of the Mexican Army. To date no member of the > security forces has been brought to justice for these > violations. > > +-----------------------------------------------------------+ > + Supporters of Amnesty International around the world are + > + writing urgent appeals in response to the concerns + > + described above. If you would like to join with them in + > + this action or have any queries about the Urgent Action + > + network or Amnesty International in general, please + > + contact one of the following: + > + + > + Ray Mitchell, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (UK) + > + Scott Harrison, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (USA) + > + Guido Gabriel, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Germany) + > + Marilyn McKim, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Canada) + > +-----------------------------------------------------------+ > > > >
