Etiqueta: Marco Antonio Súastegui

Movilizaciones, pese a todo - La Minuta

En Oaxaca, «estado de excepción no declarado», acusan organizaciones

* Exigen el retiro de las fuerzas federales.  Ciudad de México, 18 de agosto de 2015. Decenas de organizaciones sociales estatales, regionales y nacionales acusaron que en Oaxaca se vive un estado […]

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This photo was taken on 7 May 2015 at the prison where Yecenia is, city of Culiac?n, Sinaloa state, Mexico. 

Yecenia Armenta Graciano was taken by plain clothed police in Culiac?n, Sinaloa state, in July 2010. She was detained and tortured ? including through asphyxiation, being hung upside down, and sexually assaulted. She was forced to sign a confession and charged on the basis of it.

Medical forensic staff from the Federal Attorney General?s Office examined her months later. However, they concluded that Yecenia had not been tortured because initial medical examinations, carried out by staff from the same forced which detained her, did not mention any signs of torture or other forms of ill-treatment. 

In contrast, two independent expert examinations in line with international standards such as the Istanbul Protocol have confirmed that the medical and psychological evidence coincides with Yecenia?s testimony. The National Human Rights Commission has also issued a recommendation on this case. 

Yecenia remains in prison pending the outcome of the judicial process. Apart from her own tortured testimony, the prosecution arrested three men who make direct or indirect reference to Yecenia?s possible involvement in the murder. The Sinaloa State Human Rights Commission corroborated that at least two of these men gave their testimonies under torture or other forms of ill-treatment. The prosecution seems to have failed to gather any further evidence against Yecenia.

??When they threatened to hurt my children, in that moment I wanted to die, I just wanted it all to stop. I wanted them to just give me a bullet to the head so that it would all stop.?? (Yecenia, September 2014)

Suprema Corte fijará protección ante tortura con fines de «investigación»

* El caso de Yecenia Armenta, sobreviviente de tortura sexual, es considerado paradigmático por organizaciones.  Ciudad de México, 16 de agosto de 2015. En una decisión que fijará los alcances de un amparo […]

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Travesía de peligros - Manu Ureste

Albergues respaldan denuncia de corrupción y tráfico de personas en Migración

* Codemire exige que se actúe contra la red denunciada por el Albergue Hermanos en el Camino.   México, DF, 17 de agosto de 2015. El Colectivo de Defensores de Migrantes y Refugiados […]

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Cristel, en busca de justicia

Chihuahua: Dos años de falta de justicia ante la tortura sexual

* Cristel Piña cumplió dos años en prisión; su familia, hostigada por denunciar los abusos.  Ciudad de México, 14 de agosto de 2015. A dos años de la detención arbitraria y tortura sexual contra […]

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Exigen a Peña retomar aportes de sociedad civil para Ley General contra la Tortura

Exigen a Peña retomar aportes de sociedad civil para Ley General contra la Tortura

* Piden organizaciones establecer un contenido mínimo de la Ley y un mecanismo de participación de la sociedad. Ciudad de México, 13 de agosto de 2015. Para que la futura Ley General […]

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Piden a poder judicial mostrar su independencia en caso Suástegui

Piden a poder judicial mostrar su independencia en caso Suástegui

* Por resolverse, recurso que pide la libertad del líder del CECOP Ciudad de México, 11 de agosto de 2015. La declaratoria de Alerta de Violencia de Género para 8 municipios de Morelos […]

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