The current Human Rights crisis in Mexico must be stopped!

The current Human Rights crisis in Mexico must be stopped!

Startdatum
10. April 2016
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Frank-Walter Steinmeier (Bundesminister des Äußeren) und an 1 mehr
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Gestartet von México vía Berlín eV

Impunity, repressions and assassinations of social movements’ leaders and journalists, kidnapping and forced disappearances of students, collective crimes committed by security forces and gangs show the dark side of Mexico today. German weapons were involved in many of those atrocities. Before starting a political dialogue with the incumbent actors, this severe crisis must be acknowledged. The German and Mexican civil societies demand that representatives of both countries will do so.

In preparation for the Germany-Mexico year, the Mexican department of tourism deployed a “Discover-Mexico”-pavilion in front of Berlin’s central station. This pavilion portraits a harmonic, exotic and friendly image of the country with a rich cultural heritage, disregarding the huge ongoing human rights crisis and the particular responsibility of the Mexican government for this.

The German government criticized the Turkish prime minister for his proceed against critical journalism, demanding to respect the freedom of the press. The German president Joachim Gauck criticized the Chinese government during his visit in Peking for their repressive behavior against any kind of critic on their politics. Clear words were spoken out. In contrast, until today, there have been no words from the German government acknowledging massive impunity for human rights violations in Mexico; or about the use of German weapons in this context that were found in hands of state officials who participated in the forced disappearance and murder of  young students from Ayotzinapa, Guerrero; and last but not least there has been no statement on the high number of killed or disappeared journalists. Is this because Mexico is a strategic partner for the promotion of German business interests?

To inaugurate this Germany-Mexico year, the Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto is visiting Germany to meet German representatives. Officially, the topic of human rights is part of the bilateral agenda for  this year of the German-Mexican relationship. However,  economic agreements and the protection of German investments and business interests have priority. Therefore we - “el Colectivo Cuarenta-y-tres“ and “México vía Berlín e.V.” - demand to resolve the human rights crisis in Mexico, before talking business!

A starting point to do that would be to publicly acknowledge this ongoing human rights crisis by the secretaries of state  – Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Claudia Ruiz Massieu and other officials.

Please help us to start this debate, rather today than tomorrow; there is still a long way to go!

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  • Frank-Walter SteinmeierBundesminister des Äußeren
  • Claudia Ruiz MassieuSecretaría de relaciones exteriores de México