Indigenous Leaders Disappeared
by Jane Jones
Dear friends and allies; on behalf of the team that constitutes Tlachinollan, I am writing to ask for your help with an Urgent Action for RAUL LUCAS LUCIA and MANUEL PONCE ROSAS, two Indigenous human rights defenders and leaders of the Organization for the Future of the Mixteco People
(OFPM) - which works in coordination with the Organization of the Me Phaa Indigenous People (OPIM) - who have been disappeared since February 13th.
The disappearance took place on Friday, February 13th around 1:35p.m. when three armed men who identified themselves as police officers, entered the public event that Raul and Manuel were attending, proceeding to take them away by force. Since that moment, they have been disappeared, without any authority having responded for them. For these reasons we are incredibly worried for their safety and physical and psychological integrity.
Attached is a sample letter which can be used, although original letters tend to be more effective. The sample contains a brief summary of the case. Please send letters to each of the authorities listed at the end of the sample letter. We greatly appreciate your solidarity.
Would greatly appreciate if folks could read the attached information
and send letters to the authorities listed at the bottom of the
document either personally or on behalf of their organizations as well
as send along to their contacts...
Warm greetings and for more information,
Jane Jones
Collaborator with the International Area
Centro de Derechos Humanos de la Montaña
(Human Rights Centre of Montaña)
Tlachinollanjanetlachinollan@gmail.com
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