| WASHINGTON - October 23 - A press conference will be held outside the Inter-American Commission for Human Rights directly after The Centro de Derechos Humanos"Miguel Agustin Pro Juarez"(PRODH), Sierra Club and Greenpeace present a
petition before the Commission asking for the immediate and unconditional
release of jailed environmentalists Rodolfo Montiel and Teodoro Cabrera.
The petition will be presented less than a week after the murder of
prominent Mexican human rights lawyer Digna Ochoa, who was shot to death
last Friday in her office in Mexico City. Ochoa's murderers also left
behind a note threatening workers at PRODH, raising concerns for their
safety and that of all human rights and environmental activists in Mexico.
Ochoa was Montiel's and Cabrera's defense attorney after their arrest in
May of 1999.
Spanish-speaking and English-speaking spokespeople will be available to
discuss this next step in the Montiel and Cabrera case, as well as the
current human rights and environmental situation in Mexico and the
implications on U.S.-Mexico relations.
What: Press Conference announcing new action on behalf of jailed
Mexican environmentalists Rodolfo Montiel and Teodoro Cabrera.
Speakers will discuss the case and react to the recent murder of
well-known human rights lawyer Digna Ochoa and the human rights
situation in Mexico
Who: Jorge Fernandez, Attorney for Rodolfo Montiel and Teodoro Cabrera and
representative of Centro Prodh
Alejandro Queral, Washington Representative, Sierra Club
Carmen Reed, Acting Advocacy Director for the Americas, Amnesty
International USA
Joy Olson, Director, Latin American Working Group
When: Thursday, October 25
10:45 AM
Where: In front of the Inter-American Commission for Human Rights, 1889 F
Street, NW
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