ACTION URGENT
LGBT ACTIVIST TORTURED BY POLICE
Cops
the city of Merida, in southern Mexico, was arrested and tortured Arroyo José Ricardo Maldonado, an activist who defends the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT), in an apparent attempt obtain information from him. They kept arbitrarily detained for about four hours, and threatened with reprisals if they spoke about the incident. It is seriously concerned for their safety.
By half past ten in the evening of December 4, four agents of the state judicial police approached Yucatan Jose Maldonado while he was at a friend's house and asked for a suspect in a case under investigation. Jose Maldonado said they did not know him, but police detained him, without showing a warrant or explain the reasons for his arrest.
According to Jose Maldonado, handcuffed, blindfolded him, put him in a car and were circulating about four hours. The police beat him repeatedly in the face, chest and back, and forced him to change his car at least four times during the ordeal. Expressions using homophobic and other threats, he was questioned about the suspect they were looking for and the work of Jose Maldonado as an activist for LGBT rights and to raise awareness about the problem of HIV.
Before releasing him outside his home about three in the morning of 5 diciembte, he said: "No goals chaos, do not make it larger. We'll get back and we'll get to the prison. We're going to get charged. I loaded a bitch. "
After the incident, Jose Maldonado sought medical care and advice of a local human rights organization. On December 5, filed a complaint with Attorney General, but to date no one has contacted him regarding a possible investigation into the incident or on the adoption of protective measures. The state judicial police working under the authority of the Attorney General.
WRITE IMMEDIATELY in English or your own language:
n expressing concern for the safety of Jose Maldonado,
n urging the authorities to provide effective protection in strict accordance with his wishes;
n calling on the authorities to carry out a prompt, thorough and impartial investigation into this case of abuse and torture, to make the results public and bring those responsible to justice.
APPEALS BEFORE JANUARY 19, 2011, A:
Secretary of the Interior
Mr. Jose Francisco Blake Mora
Interior Ministry
Bucareli 99, 1st. floor, Col. Juárez,
Cuauhtemoc
Mexico DF, CP 06600, MEXICO
Fax: (+52) 55 5063 3405
Email .: secretary @ segob.gob.mx
Salutation: Dear
Mr. Secretary
Governor of Yucatan
Ms. Ivonne Ortega Pacheco Araceli
Palace Government, Calle 61 by 60, Col. Centro, Mérida, CP 97000, Yucatán, MEXICO
Fax: (+52) 999 930 3124
Email .: @ Ivonne.ortega yucatan.gob.mx
Salutation: Dear Madam Governor
Attorney General of Yucatan
Héctor José Cabrera Rivero
Peripheral 46.5 km west, Susulá-Caucel, Mérida, CP 97217, Yucatán, MEXICO
Fax: (+52) 999 930 3267
Email .:
despacho.procurador @ yucatan.gob.mx
Salutation: Dear Mr. Attorney
can send copies of their appeals and messages of solidarity to repavih@hotmail.com or repavih@gmail.com. Also send copies to diplomatic representatives of Mexico accredited to your country. Please check with your section office, if sending appeals after the above date.
URGENT
LGBT ACTIVIST TORTURED BY POLICE
INFORMATION
Joseph Maldonado is director of the Network of People Affected by HIV (Repavih). This network has been working actively in Merida, Yucatan state, since 2006. Provides medical advice and emotional support to people infected with HIV or AIDS, and organize local campaigns to fight discrimination. In
Mexico are regular reports of arbitrary detention, torture, excessive use of force and enforced disappearances by the municipal police, state and federal levels. Despite some attempts to reform the police, especially federal, and expel the corrupt officials, the continued lack of credible monitoring controls and criminal investigations into human rights abuses undermines progress.
AU: 250/10 Index: AMR 41/088/2010 Date of issue: December 8, 2010
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