Mexico: Amnesty International Secretary General to visit the country

Please help by sending an e-mail askig Amnesty International observers to put pressure on Oaxaca's governor Ulises Ruiz and Felipe Calderon to Stop the killings, illegal detantions, torture and repression!!! (Note by Wet_ahuizote)
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Press release, 19/07/2007
Amnesty International Secretary General Irene Khan will lead a High Level Mission to Mexico between 31 July and 5 August 2007.Amnesty International’s delegation will include: Susan Lee, Director of the Americas programme; Rupert Knox, Researcher on Mexico; Nancy Tapias-Torrado, Campaigner on Mexico and Judit Arenas, Head of the Office of the Secretary General.

The delegation will visit Mexico City and the states of Oaxaca and Guerrero and will meet with Government officials, survivors of human rights violations and members of civil society. This is the third time Irene Khan leads a visit to Mexico since 2003 and the first to take place under the new administration. A media advisory with details on the delegation’s activities in Mexico will be available shortly.

For more information, please contact the press office at Amnesty Internationa in London: Josefina Salomón on jsalomon@amnesty.org, Phone: + 44 207 413 5562, Mobile: +7778 472