Government Forms Multi-Agency Group to Address United Nations Torture Decision Associated Press
go to original October 11, 2015

Torture and ill-treatment in Mexico is out of control with a 600 per cent rise in the number of reported cases in the past decade, according to a report published by Amnesty International. (Amnesty International)

The Mexican government says it's working to address findings by a U.N. committee that its soldiers tortured four men accused of kidnapping in Baja California.

The U.N. Committee Against Torture called for immediate release of the men arrested in 2009. It also demanded an investigation into who was responsible for the torture, their prosecution and reparations to the victims.

The Mexican government issued a statement late Saturday saying it had formed a multi-agency group to address the committee's demands in the allotted 90 days. It did not say what action it might take.

Mexican human rights defenders made the committee's decision public on Friday. They said it was the first time the committee had issued a decision on an individual case in Mexico.

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Related: Mexican Soldiers Tortured 4 Crime Suspects, UN Agency Says (Fox News Latino)



Call on the Mexican president, Enrique Peña Nieto, to uphold all anti-torture safeguards, including proper medical examinations, and investigate all allegations of torture in his country at Amnesty International.

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