Urgent Action
Further information on UA: 312/11 Index: AMR 41/076/2011 Issue Date: 25 November 2011
PLEASE SEND APPEALS BEFORE 6 JANUARY 2012. Please check with your section office if sending appeals after the above date.
A new threat has been received by two human rights defenders in
Tehuacán, Puebla state, Mexico. This is the third harassment they have
faced this year. There is grave fear for their security, and for the
safety of their colleagues.
On 24 November 2011, Reyna Ramírez Sánchez and Rodrigo Santiago Hernández received a new threat at their home. A window of their home was smashed with a heavy stone which had been thrown into the window. The stone was wrapped in the following paper message: “You will be worth nothing if you continue messing about - R and R” (“Van a valer Madres-sigan chigando – R.Y.R.”). The ending of the message presumably refers to initials of the names Reyna Ramírez Sánchez and Rodrigo Santiago Hernández, who are members of the Workers Collective for Dignity (Colectivo Obreras Insumisas, AC).
This is the third threat that Reyna Ramírez Sánchez and Rodrigo
Santiago Hernández have received this year and it is believed to be
linked to their work representing staff in an industrial dispute. Both
Reyna Ramírez Sánchez and Rodrigo Santiago Hernández have already made
formal complaints at the Tehuacán State Public Prosecutor’s Office
(Ministerio Público de Tehuácan), as well as requesting precautionary
measures for their safety at the Puebla state Human Rights Commission
(Comisión Estatal de Derechos Humanos del Estado de Puebla). However,
to date they have not received answers to their requests.
Please write immediately in Spanish or your own language:
- Call for the immediate implementation of protection measures for
Rodrigo Santiago Hernández and Reyna Ramírez Sánchez, and the staff at
Workers Collective for Dignity in accordance with their wishes;
- Call for a full, prompt and impartial investigation into the
threats against Rodrigo Santiago Hernández and for those responsible to
be brought to justice;
- Call on the authorities to implement an effective protection
programme for all human rights defenders at risk in consultation with
civil society as stipulated in the presidential decree signed on 6 July
2011.
PLEASE SEND APPEALS BEFORE 6 JANUARY 2012 TO: Please check with your section office if sending appeals after the above date.
Minister of the Interior
Dr. Alejandro Poiré Romero
Secretaría de Gobernación
Bucareli 99, 1er. piso, Col. Juárez
Delegación Cuauhtémoc
México D.F., C.P.06600,
MÉXICO
Fax: +52 55 5093 3414 (Say “fax por favor”)
Email: secretario segob.gob.mx
Salutation: Dear Minister
Governor of Puebla State
Lic. Rafael Moreno Valle
Juan de Palafox y Mendoza 204
Centro C.P 72000
Puebla,
MEXICO
Fax:+52 222 2322783 (Say “fax por favor”)
Email: rafael.morenovalle puebla.gob.mx
Salutation: Dear Governor
And copies to:
Obreros Insumisas del Valle de Tehuacan Puebla
(Local NGO that supports the two defenders)
Email: rockdrigo.mailbox gmail.com
Mexico National Human Rights Commission
Email: correo cndh.org.mx
Also send copies to diplomatic representatives accredited to your country.
Ambassade des Etats-Unis du Mexique
Avenue F.D. Roosevelt 94
1050 Bruxelles
eMail: embamex embamex.eu
Fax 02.644.08.19
This is the first update of UA: 312/11. Further information: http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR41/065/2011/en
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