To: Mexico - Claudia Medina Tamariz
Mexico - Claudia Medina Tamariz
- Launch an effective investigation into the alleged torture and ill-treatment suffered by Claudia Medina Tamariz, make its results publicly available and bring those responsible to justice;
- Ensure the investigation includes a medical and psychological examination in accordance with the UN backed Istanbul Protocol. The results and supporting reports of the examination are promptly made available to Claudia Medina;
- Substantially improve investigations into torture by guaranteeing that all medical examinations of alleged victims fully comply with the UN-backed Istanbul Protocol
- Ensure the investigation includes a medical and psychological examination in accordance with the UN backed Istanbul Protocol. The results and supporting reports of the examination are promptly made available to Claudia Medina;
- Substantially improve investigations into torture by guaranteeing that all medical examinations of alleged victims fully comply with the UN-backed Istanbul Protocol
Why is this important?
Marines broke into Claudia Medina’s home in Veracruz on 7 August 2012 at around 3am. They took her to the local navy base where she was given electric shocks, forced to inhale a very spicy sauce, beaten up and kicked while she was wrapped up in plastic in order to disguise the subsequent marks. The marines accused her of being a member of a powerful and violent criminal gang. Claudia said she did not know anything about them.
She was pressured into signing a false testimony without reading it. Later she told Amnesty "If they had not tortured me, I would not have signed the statement.”
Despite most of the charges being dropped, one serious charge still stands against Claudia and no investigation into her allegations of torture by government forces has taken place.
The first step in these investigations has not taken place. An effective medical examination must be carried out as part of a swift, full and impartial investigation, as established in the internationally recognised Istanbul Protocol.
She was pressured into signing a false testimony without reading it. Later she told Amnesty "If they had not tortured me, I would not have signed the statement.”
Despite most of the charges being dropped, one serious charge still stands against Claudia and no investigation into her allegations of torture by government forces has taken place.
The first step in these investigations has not taken place. An effective medical examination must be carried out as part of a swift, full and impartial investigation, as established in the internationally recognised Istanbul Protocol.
