Voorbeeldbrief Mexico - Gewetensgevangene 12/97
Lic. Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Léon
Presidente de la República
Palacio National
06067 Mexico DF
Mexico
(Uw woonplaats, Datum)
Your Excellency,
Please alow me to draw your attention to the following.
Gerardo Demesa Padilla, a leading member of the Committee for the Unity of Tepoztlán (CUT), a civil rights organization, was sentenced to eight years' imprisonment on 19 September 1997. As far as I know, he was only opposed in a peaceful way against the building of a large tourism development with a golfcourse in the state of Morelos. Local people claim that the project will damage their community's environment and cultural heritage, and have therefore rejected central government plans to impose the project.
Gerardo Demesa Padilla was convicted of killing a supporter of the project in December 1995, despite witnesses' accounts and forensic evidence substantiating his claims of innocence. The people of Tepoztlán have suffered brutal repression for their opposition to the government project. In April 1996, scores of people were seriously injured when the Morelos state of police violently dispersed a peaceful demonstration against the project. One member of the community, CUT activist Marcos Olmedo Gutiérrez, was shot and wounded by the police, who took him away. His body was discovered the following day with a gunshot wound to the back of the head. Althoug several members of the state police were reportedly dismissed, the state authorities have failed to prosecute the officers who ordered the attack.
I respectfully request you to order immediate and unconditional release of Gerardo Demesa Padilla, and for an independent and impartial investigation into allegations of the violations of human rights of the Tepoztlán people. The perpetrators should be brought to justice. I hope you will take due measures to prevent similar violations in the future.
I place my trust in you to respond to my request in good judgement.
Yours respectfully,
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