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FYI. From: Laurie Ahern [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Wednesday, 21 March 2012 8:28 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: DRI to Testify Friday on Torture in Mexico Having trouble viewing this email? Click here <http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=afcudccab&v=001dDyPakhdh uqiOh0h9OOmWHTS3eUxAMPyN2sdvFOZDF6T_cwmk4liIMCpehbL47SzTE8rri9WU2wrb3DRsMuXx c04hAX01Dpfni0rECOwsiP9DH5bkTS2nA%3D%3D> <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109574637329&s=7211&e=001AlY2Z6QTMCLHfbgyQYCd VcW92-DbqTZcalAGd_uYziYOdB5bAHSsqv0tiP_4sYuSGUACcgV_23ZusztDzXRksRPHyYj2JjrI JR1G9zVDv6YfdwVvj8GHHqYNmOHlwt6F> Disability Rights International Disability Rights International to Testify on Torture in Mexico Washington, DC - March 20, 2012 - Disability Rights International <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109574637329&s=7211&e=001AlY2Z6QTMCLXDqsuQ9Wj X334L7zFEtJjF5z0_s-3GY1VmhDP7Gb_Bs-ctfnESnRXTMggKGrGng8q5pDm4tBgFTS00CEw17Gm 1wnxuE3SqSDO8fDoN2G9hQeYK5A76_-Q> (DRI) and a coalition of partners from Mexico will testify before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) at a public hearing this Friday. DRI's findings in Mexico are "deeply disturbing" said DRI Executive Director Eric Rosenthal, J.D., "and the Mexican government must be pressured to protect its most vulnerable citizens - those locked away for a lifetime because they have a disability - living in orphanages, psychiatric institutions and other social care facilities." Women in Mexican Institution <http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs031/1101730023584/img/53.jpg> Women detained in a Mexican Institution At the hearing, DRI will call on the IACHR to visit Mexico to witness the atrocious human rights violations taking place in Mexican institutions. As documented by DRI, thousands of children and adults are left to languish in near total inactivity, some naked and without access to the most basic hygiene. Without any oversight, children have literally disappeared from Mexican institutions and in some cases, girls detained in institutions were trafficked for sex. DRI also found young adults are held in institutions entirely off the public record, working without compensation - essentially as slave labor. DRI investigators found people tied to beds and wheelchairs - in some cases, for ten years. "The United Nations has stated that the prolonged use of restraints constitutes nothing less than torture. We found widespread torture in Mexico's institutions," said Rosenthal. "We have travelled to Washington, DC to send a loud message to the Mexican government: do not lock up people because they have a disability," said Raul Montoya, Executive Director of the Colectivo Chuhcan, a Mexican organization of people with psychiatric disabilities. DRI filed the petition before the IACHR - a branch of the Organization of American States (OAS), along with Mexican partners: the Colectivo Chuhcan, the Comisión Mexicana de Defensa y Promoción de los Derechos Humanos (CMDPDH), Documenta, and the Instituto Mexicano de Derechos Humanos y Democracia (IMDHD). The government of Mexico will also testify. The hearing will be held Friday, March 23, from 9-10am, at the OAS, 1889 F Street, NW, Padilha Vidal Room, Washington, DC and is open to the public. Webcast is available at www.oas.org/es/cidh <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109574637329&s=7211&e=001AlY2Z6QTMCIvYP3u1vz_ sifu4hXuGDVI9tVE7PESlJpRUJnaIoORYJ5vHrh--kkN0tAnmYExHwXz2O_J4SLwtph2ELHKa_bE lfJcPHrz3dyBATSCatLLkw==> . 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