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Mexico: Sting joins Amnesty International's campaign against disappearances
Mexico: Sting joins Amnesty International's campaign against disappearances
13 Oct 2015, 1:46pm
In support of Amnesty International’s campaign against disappearances in Mexico, world-renowned singer and songwriter Sting met this weekend with relatives of some of the thousands who have gone missing in the country.
More than 26,500 people have disappeared or gone missing in Mexico in the last few years, almost half of them during the current administration of President Peña Nieto.
Sting said:
“It is not hard to imagine the anguish and torment that families undergo when a loved one disappears, vanishes without trace or explanation, when attempts to find them or discover their fate are frustrated by the apparent indifference of the authorities to a situation that has become an epidemic in Mexico.
“I met with some of the families, but they are just the tip of the iceberg, I call on the Mexican government to follow up on these cases far more vigorously, to find and prosecute those responsible and to prevent through legislation this scourge of disappearances and human rights abuses.”
More:
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releases/mexico-sting-joins-amnesty-internationals-campaign-against-disappearances
