Conditions in Mexico & Human Rights
(Future Events for the U.S. Also ?)
Amnesty International - MEXICO
Justice betrayed: Torture in the judicial system
This report documents the failure to bring to an end the
practice of torture in Mexico. The report seeks to identify some of the main
reasons behind such a failure and to offer a set of recommendations to the new
Government of Mexico as to how it may begin to tackle the problem systematically
and effectively.
Over the past 35 years Amnesty International has documented hundreds of cases of
arbitrary detention, torture, ''disappearances'' and extrajudicial executions in
Mexico. Although the annual rate of ''disappearances'' and extrajudicial
executions has varied considerably over these years, the number of complaints
about arbitrary detention, torture and the deliberate ill-treatment has remained
persistently high. Confronting torture and abolishing the practice in Mexico is
an objective which no government has yet achieved.
The persistence of torture by federal, state and municipal law enforcement
officers and members of the army, and the failure of the authorities to make any
sustained attempt to resolve the problem, has long been recognized by a wide
range of entities. These include successive Mexican governments, human rights
mechanisms of the United Nations (UN) and the Organization of American States
(OAS), and a range of Mexican and international human rights non-governmental
organisations (NGOs).
Over the years torture victims have included peasants, workers, students,
indigenous people, members of sexual minorities, women, children, members of
political parties, criminal suspects, journalists and leaders of community
organizations. Their human rights were violated in the context of the
authorities responding to labour and land disputes, demonstrations, organized
and common crime, the activities of armed opposition groups and the exposé of
official corruption and political violence by journalists and government
critics. Behind much of the torture lies a culture in which those in authority
routinely punish detainees or force them into making a confession which can
later be used as evidence against them in a court of law.
(July 01)
In Mexico, kidnapping is no longer just a problem for the rich
Oct 18/04
An estimated 3,000 kidnappings took place in Mexico in 2003, second only to Colombia worldwide. And while historically it has been a scourge only for the wealthy - foreign executives pulled from their fancy cars, children of the elite snatched from the school playground - lower- and middle-class families like the Encisos are increasingly being targeted.
"Kidnapping has become a common industry, taking place among all sectors of the population," says Asael Obando Rios, director of CEISAR, the special antikidnapping unit in the state of Mexico. "And the poor are shouldering much of burden."
Mexico's ransom market is thought to be worth in excess of $100 million a year, according to Kroll, an international risk consultant. But Mr. Rios says it's becoming more common to see demands of $1,500 and lower.
In Mexico visit, enmity greets scholar
Sept 24/04
MEXICO CITY -- Ever since the release earlier this year of his book "Who are We?: The Challenges to America's National Identity," which argues that Mexican immigrants pose a threat to American culture, Samuel P. Huntington has been the US academic Mexicans love to hate.
Migrants, Crime Swamp Mexico-U.S. Indian Nation
Oct 18/04
SELLS, Ariz. (Reuters) - Indian tribal leader Ned Norris remembers a time when illegal migrants from Mexico would be welcomed to his land after a long trek over the parched deserts of the U.S. border.
In keeping with a long tradition of hospitality, residents of the Tohono O'Odham Nation gave them food, drink and sometimes even a bed for the night. But now that has changed.
"That was when we were dealing with less than 100 in a month's time frame, but now we are getting more than 1,500 a day, and it has created a lot of problems," Norris said in the sun-baked town of Sells on the Tohono O'Odham reservation.
In the past three years, the Tohono O'Odham, whose ancestral lands reach over the U.S. border into the state of Sonora in northern Mexico, has become a
superhighway for undocumented migrants and drugs entering the United States.
For Mexicans, a Chorus of (Anti-American) Patriotism
MEXICO CITY, Sept. 15/04 -- At precisely noon, Julio Cesar Acuña stood at the foot of the Angel of Independence, a statue where Mexicans gather in times of national celebration, and sang the national anthem as loud as he could. ..
The anthem was written in 1854, a few years after Mexico lost nearly half its territory in a war with the United States. Reflecting the mood of those times, the anthem is filled with lines such as, "War, war without truce against those who would attempt to blemish the honor of the fatherland! War! War! The patriotic banners drenched in waves of blood."
"Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance."
--Article 18 of the Universal
Declaration of
Human
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XOFC supports Freedom of Conscience for All groups, and the right of a Free and Open Exchange of Ideas.
XOFC is committed to Intellectual & historic Honesty. XOFC is committed to the support of those who seek a discussion of Christianity
in an atmosphere that is free of Violence and Coercion.
True Christianity is the way of Genuine love and caring for others.
Christian Conversions - According to the Bible - Can NEVER be forced.
Any Conversion to Christianity which would be "Forced" would NOT be recognized by God. It is in
His True and KIND nature, that those who come to Him and choose to believe in Him, must come to Him OF
THEIR OWN FREE WILL.
Don't Let anyone tell you that Christians support Forced Conversions.
That is False. True Christianity is NEVER forced.
THERE IS NOT ONE CHRISTIAN NATION ON EARTH WHERE MUSLIMS ARE PERSECUTED.
Yet in most nations where the majority of the population are Muslims, there is systematic government persecution of Christians.
NO HAY UNA NACIÓN CRISTIANA EN LA TIERRA EN DONDE PERSIGUEN A LOS MUSULMANES.
Con todo en la mayoría de las naciones donde está musulmanes la mayoría de la población, hay persecución sistemática del gobierno de cristianos.
CI NON È UNA NAZIONE CRISTIANA SU TERRA DOVE I MUSULMANI PERSECUTED. Tuttavia nella maggior parte delle nazioni dove la maggior parte della popolazione è musulmani, ci è persecution sistematico di governo dei cristiani
ER IS NIET ÉÉN CHRISTELIJKE NATIE TER WERELD WAAR MOSLIMS WORDEN VERVOLGD. Maar toch in de meeste naties waar de meerderheid van de bevolking Moslims is, is er systematische overheidsvervolging van Christenen
NÃO HÁ UMA NAÇÃO CHRISTIAN NA TERRA ONDE OS MUÇULMANOS PERSECUTED. Contudo em a maioria de nações onde a maioria da população é muçulmanos, há um persecution sistemático do governo dos cristãos.
ES GIBT NICHT EINE CHRISTLICHE NATION AUF MASSE, IN DER MOSLEMS VERFOLGT WERDEN. Dennoch in den meisten
Nationen, in denen die Majorität der Bevölkerung Moslems sind, gibt es systematische Regierung Verfolgung der Christen.
"Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance."
--Article 18 of the Universal
Declaration of
Human
Rights--
Christian Conversions - According to the Bible - Can NEVER be forced.
Any Conversion to Christianity which would be "Forced" would NOT be recognized by God. It is in
His True and KIND nature, that those who come to Him and choose to believe in Him, must come to Him OF
THEIR OWN FREE WILL.
Don't Let anyone tell you that Christians support Forced Conversions.
That is False. True Christianity is NEVER forced.
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Le conversioni cristiane - secondo la bibbia - possono MAI essere forzate. Nessuno che fossero un cristiano allineare forzerebbero o compell chiunque da diventare un cristiano contro il loro propri. Il motivo per questo è quello che agisce contro la volontà o contro l'intenzione di qualcuno sia un'azione di disrespect al dio. Alcuna conversione a christianity che sarebbe "forzato" non sarebbe riconosciuta da God. È nel suo allineare e la natura GENTILE, quella coloro che viene a lui e sceglie credere in lui, deve venire a lui della LORO PROPRIA VOLONTÀ LIBERA. Il dio cristiano è abbastanza grande capire come rispondere a coloro che decide che non desiderano conoscerle o capire. Il lavoro dei cristiani deve continuare a comunicare l'amore del dio a tutto che sia disposto a sentire parlare di esso. Molti popolano persino oggi, non desiderano sentire parlare del dio cristiano. Più specificamente, che cosa quella gente non desidera è affinchè senta parlare della bontà del dio cristiano. Quella gente è impaurita che se scoprite circa la bontà e la qualità e l'amore del dio cristiano, quello che potete desiderare per scoprirgli più circa. E quella gente è impaurita che il dio che servono sarebbe opposto a vostro scoprire la verità circa il dio di christianity che offre per sempre la vita Eterna a coloro che chiede esso e decide credere in lui e scoprire più dal libro denominato "il nuovo Testamento". Quello è il timore reale di coloro che oppone il dio cristiano. Non lasci chiunque dirvi che il supporto dei cristiani abbia forzato le conversioni. Quello è falso. Il christianity allineare non è MAI forzato
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Core Universal Rights
The right to believe, to worship and witness
The right to change one's belief or religion
The right to join together and express one's belief
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Las Derechas Del Universal De la Base
La derecha de creer, de adorar, de explicar y de atestiguar la derecha de cambiar su creencia o religión la derecha de ensamblar junto con otras y de expresar su creencia
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Diritti Dell'Universale
Di Nucleo La destra credere, adorare, spiegare e testimoniare la destra cambiare la sua credenza o religione la destra unirsi insieme ad altre ed esprimere la sua credenza
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De Universele Rechten van de kern
Het recht om en het recht te getuigen zijn geloof of godsdienst te veranderen het recht te geloven, te aanbidden, te verklaren samen met anderen toe te treden en zijn geloof uit te drukken
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중핵 보편적인 권리
자기의 신념 또는 종교를 변화하는 권리를 믿, 숭배하, 설명하, 목격하는 권리 다른 사람와 함께 결합하, 자기의 신념을 내색하는 권리
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Καθολικά δικαιώματα πυρήνων
Το δικαίωμα να θεωρηθεί, να λατρευτεί, να εξηγηθεί και να βεβαιωθεί το δικαίωμα να αλλαχτεί η πεποίθηση ή η θρησκεία κάποιου το δικαίωμα να ενώσει μαζί με άλλους και να εκφραστεί η πεποίθησή κάποιου
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