Dear Tracy,
Thank you for your interest in Amnesty's global campaign to Stop Torture. This week we're working hard for you - and for all survivors of torture who need our help - on one of the main goals of this campaign: to end torture in Mexico. An Amnesty team is currently on a human rights mission in Mexico to meet with officials, release a ground-breaking report on torture in Mexico, support local activists, and to push for real change.
You can follow progress on this mission to Mexico on our website, and follow the Stop Torture campaign on Twitter and our Stop Torture webpage.
Thank you for your interest in Amnesty's global campaign to Stop Torture. This week we're working hard for you - and for all survivors of torture who need our help - on one of the main goals of this campaign: to end torture in Mexico. An Amnesty team is currently on a human rights mission in Mexico to meet with officials, release a ground-breaking report on torture in Mexico, support local activists, and to push for real change.
You can follow progress on this mission to Mexico on our website, and follow the Stop Torture campaign on Twitter and our Stop Torture webpage.
THANK YOU!
This weekend, we will hand-deliver messages of support from Canadians to torture survivor Claudia Medina:
Her
story is inspiring activists around the world to campaign to end the
brutal practice of torture. More than 7,000 Canadians have spoken up for
her.
Tomorrow, our team of Amnesty researchers in Mexico plans to meet with Claudia and hand-deliver messages your messages of solidarity.
Here, Claudia tells us in her own words why she has spoken up about being tortured.
Read Claudia's story
Her
story is inspiring activists around the world to campaign to end the
brutal practice of torture. More than 7,000 Canadians have spoken up for
her.Tomorrow, our team of Amnesty researchers in Mexico plans to meet with Claudia and hand-deliver messages your messages of solidarity.
Here, Claudia tells us in her own words why she has spoken up about being tortured.
Read Claudia's story
Granted a rare prison visit with torture survivor Ángel Colón
A rare prison visit in Mexico gave us an opportunity to interview Ángel Colón, a human
rights activist who has endured torture, racial discrimination and a
profoundly unfair legal process for more than five years.
Amnesty's Alex Neve shares his thoughts and records Ángel's words in his diary from our ongoing research mission in Mexico.
Read the interview and take action for Ángel Colón
A rare prison visit in Mexico gave us an opportunity to interview Ángel Colón, a human
rights activist who has endured torture, racial discrimination and a
profoundly unfair legal process for more than five years. Amnesty's Alex Neve shares his thoughts and records Ángel's words in his diary from our ongoing research mission in Mexico.
Read the interview and take action for Ángel Colón
Amnesty's
new report "Out of Control" shows shocking rise of torture and
ill-treatment in Mexico as authorities turn a blind eye
Torture
and ill-treatment in Mexico is out of control with a 600 per cent rise
in the number of reported cases in the past decade. This week in events
across Mexico, we are calling on the Mexican government to act now to
stop the widespread and persistent use of torture by members of the
police and armed forces.Read report
"Being forgotten is the worst thing for a prisoner"
Ali
is currently serving 12 years in a Moroccan prison on charges of
terrorism. He has always denied the charges and says he was tortured
into confessing. He runs the risk every day that he will be ill-treated again, and gains strength from people supporting him. Ali says that the worst that can happen to a prisoner is that people forget about him.Send a message to Ali Aarrass in prison
Great News: Progress in the the Philippines, as notorious torturer arrested!
A notorious torturer, Retired Major General Jovito Palparan, 63, was arrested last month in Manilla.Often referred to as Berdugo (“the executioner” or “the butcher”) by human rights activists, he faces charges of kidnapping and illegal detention of university students in 2006.
This arrest is an encouraging sign that the authorities in the Philippines are tackling a culture of impunity ("anything goes") for serious human rights violations by the security forces.
Learn more about this important development in the campaign to Stop Torture
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