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Mexico Trip Update - Asking President Calderón to End Feminicide
By: WITNESS Becky
Posted: Apr 2 09
Witnessed: 1629 times
Regions: Mexico
Issues: Impunity, Rape and sexual abuse, Violence against women
Tags: Chihuahua, ciudad juarez, david meza, dual injustice, felipe calderon, feminicide, killings, neyra azucena cervantes, peter gabriel
WITNESS staffers Tamaryn Nelson and Rebecca Lichtenfeld travel to Mexico with musician and WITNESS founder Peter Gabriel to meet with Mexican President Felipe Calderón. The mission? Demand justice for Neyra Cervantes (see her story in Dual Injustice) call for an end to feminicide in Chihuahua and Ciudad Juarez. Follow Rebecca's series of posts about the trip here: http://hub.witness.org/blogs/rebecca-lichtenfeld
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