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Roundtable Atenco case

UNIVERSAL JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS: 'IF ATENCO'

Association Pro Human Rights of Spain (APDHE) held yesterday, Wednesday 2 April a panel discussion entitled " Universal Justice and Human Rights: "The Atenco case ', c on the purpose of analyzing the situation of Human Rights in Mexico, the lack of access to justice for women victims of the events in Atenco, and complaints brought before the Audiencia Nacional of Spain English citizen Cristina Valls, who was one of those who suffered these facts.

The table was attended by Barbara Italia Mendez, one of the women detained and tortured by Mexican authorities during the police repression which took place in Atenco and witnesses in that lawsuit, Giulia Tamayo , member of the Madrid office of Amnesty International, Viviana Waisman , Counsel and Director of Women's Link Worldwide, Paloma Soria , lawyer Women's Link Worldwide and legal prosecutor in the case before National Court , Cristina Valls as complainant and Nuria Garcia Sanz, lawyer and Deputy Secretary General of the APDHE

Giulia Tamayo said

Amnesty International (AI) has closely followed the case of Atenco, as it concentrates the three main concerns of his organization in relation to Mexico: torture and abuse by security officials, impunity for violence against them and women for public or private . Noted as very serious the fact that two years after the Atenco case is in almost total impunity, which shows that some backed by international guarantees are not respected in Mexico. "For us, the complaint Cristina means that there is still opportunity for justice for Atenco, opens some light that at least clarify the facts and give a ruling as universal jurisdiction allows, after he had tried without any result, "said Rep. AI. Paloma Soria's lawyer pointed out that the complaint filed the Audiencia Nacional of Spain is a hope, but also points to an unfortunate aspect: the fact that this judging from Madrid Atenco case is possible only because the Mexican justice system has not acted and not acting, thereby depriving all concerned of a fundamental right. According to Soria "Mexico has a standard of human rights and democratic state, but this reflected in reality "

Similarly, the witness and social activist Barbara Italia Mendez reviewed the various attempts that have been conducted in Mexico to investigate the events in Atenco 3 and 4 May 2006 and the sexual torture they were subjected to the majority of women prisoners "All processes that have tried to stand, two years in legal issue has not occurred nothing, although we continue with the social protest, to end impunity and silence (..) torture and impunity are used to silence people and demobilized. Women complainants have much strength to continue and this force is fed back to efforts such as is being done from the other side of the Atlantic "

Responding to questions from reprisal Barbara told some women are suffering have dared to speak out in Mexico by the torture he suffered in the Atenco operation, recalling that even processed a total of 167 and 16 people detained as a result thereof, including a of women tortured, Patricia Troncoso, without none of the perpetrators has been convicted. As noted APDHE , these are not isolated events, because "the repression of political opposition is widespread in all states of the Republic Mexicana."