Ceremony in Mundet Campus standing up for Yecenia Armenta, imprisoned in Mexico without proof

Yecenia Armenta’s case illustrates the situation in Mexico regarding torture being used by the state forces.
Yecenia Armenta’s case illustrates the situation in Mexico regarding torture being used by the state forces.
Institutional
(12/05/2016)

The International Amnesty group (AI) in UB will organize tomorrow Friday in Mundet campus an event in the campaign of this international entity to achieve the freedom for the Mexican Yecenia Armenta, imprisoned three years ago in her country after the authorities got her confession under torture.

Yecenia Armenta’s case illustrates the situation in Mexico regarding torture being used by the state forces.
Yecenia Armenta’s case illustrates the situation in Mexico regarding torture being used by the state forces.
Institutional
12/05/2016

The International Amnesty group (AI) in UB will organize tomorrow Friday in Mundet campus an event in the campaign of this international entity to achieve the freedom for the Mexican Yecenia Armenta, imprisoned three years ago in her country after the authorities got her confession under torture.

The ceremony in Mundet campus will consist in putting up a mural in the library entrance in order to be painted (a hand profile and name) by those who want. They will also place a laptop to participate in the cyberaction that AI put on its website regarding this case (https://www.es.amnesty.org/en-que-estamos/campanas/yecenia/). All actions will be documented with photographs to upload them in AIʼs platforms and social networks. Afterwards they will consider the possibility of sending the mural to Yecenia Armenta, her family or supporting collectives of human rights in Mexico. 

 
Yecenia Armentaʼs case, who was accused of murdering her husband without any proof, illustrates the situation in Mexico regarding torture being used by the state forces. According to the International Amnesty website, Armenta was beaten, chocked with a plastic bag, suffocated with a water cloth and raped. She tried to kill herself and since then they threatened to rape and kill her daughter and son if she didnʼt sign the confession.