- Signatures: 33,422
- Goal: 30,000
- Deadline: 12-31-2008
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Since 1993, over 370 women have been killed or have "disappeared" in Ciudad Juárez and Chihuahua, Mexico. Many of the victims were raped and mutilated. To date, the Mexican authorities have been slow to act in response to the horrifying pattern of violence that has become commonplace in Juarez and Chihuahua.
The International Community is gravely concerned about the safety of the women of Chihuahua. Please join Amnesty International in its efforts to persuade the Mexican authorities to take action now before the lives of any more women are lost. We must all urge the Mexican Authorities to protect its citizens.!
Sign this petition to the Mexican Ambassador to the United States. The message must be clear: violence against women must be tackled at its roots. All instances of it must be thoroughly investigated, those responsible brought to justice, and steps must be taken to address the causes of women's vulnerability to violence. SIGN NOW!
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| Number | Date | Prefix | Name | State | I am signing this petition because |
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| 33,441 | 5:37 am PDT, Jun 25 | Ms. | Anonymous | this is just not how the world should be.This is pure injustice,there is more things we don't know about than reality. SAD AND SHAME ON MEXICO for not acting right! I am NEVER going there and will never recommend it! | |
| 33,440 | 9:30 pm PDT, Jun 5 | Anonymous | California | it's unacceptable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | |
| 33,439 | 4:39 am PDT, Jun 5 | Ms. | Anonymous | I'm horrified there is no closure for the victims' families. I'm horrified this is allowed to happen. I'm horrified that I can't do more to help. | |
| 33,438 | 9:10 am PDT, May 18 | Mrs. | Jazmin Garcia-Vargas | New York | |
| 33,437 | 8:37 pm PDT, May 14 | Ms. | Edita Hajdar | Minnesota | |
| 33,436 | 6:17 am PDT, Apr 20 | Ms. | Grainne NicUidhir | I think that women should reconsider visiting Mexico as it is obviously very unsafe. I believe that the local and regional police and law enforcers are involved and that is why so little has been done about this. World perception is that Mexico is a backward and ignorant society that doesn't care. Well done Mexico - what a travesty. | |
| 33,435 | 10:00 am PDT, Apr 17 | Jeri Cotton | California | I care, my friend died in Mexico, they gutted her and tried to smuggle drugs in her back to California. | |
| 33,434 | 8:15 am PDT, Apr 14 | Ana Jácome | |||
| 33,433 | 6:04 pm PDT, Apr 13 | Noelle Shoemate | New York | This is horrific and unjust. Women need to be better protectd so that they may freely go about their lives. Also, the victim;s families must be compensated for their terror and loss. | |
| 33,432 | 4:16 am PDT, Apr 13 | Jennifer Brunk | Wisconsin | ||
| 33,431 | 3:12 pm PDT, Apr 7 | Ms. | Jessica Dijkstra | Michigan | |
| 33,430 | 2:49 pm PDT, Apr 1 | Jacqueline Stagen | |||
| 33,429 | 12:57 pm PDT, Mar 31 | Ms. | Anonymous | California | i am scared and i am sad for the victims. what scares me the most is that the goverment will do nothing about it and the fact that they try and cover it up with numbers like 370 (when in fact its alot more). i can write alot of awful things but that will not help me out, the message is simple: violence against women has to stop! |
| 33,428 | 10:24 am PDT, Mar 23 | Ms. | miranda j | Virginia | |
| 33,427 | 3:08 pm PDT, Mar 21 | Diana Pratt | Washington | The facts of what is happening to these women, girls and their families has horrified me, given me nightmares and makes my heart bleed. Why isn't something being done!! This has to STOP!!! I pray for them all the time. Even now writing this I am crying and angry! | |
| 33,426 | 8:29 pm PDT, Mar 15 | Anonymous | Pennsylvania | this simply needs to end | |
| 33,425 | 12:49 pm PDT, Mar 12 | Ms. | Candice Davis | Texas | |
| 33,424 | 12:17 pm PDT, Mar 11 | Ms. | Dominique Hellstern | I have lived for some time in Texas and also travelled to Mexico. The macho behavior of some men have shocked me deeply. Poverty and coruption are the perfect ground for this cruel nonhuman crimes. We will not forget these pour women and girls and provide our daughters and sons with love, a strong sense for justice and good education so our next generations will hopefully live up to humanity: protecting the weak and taking care of our all resources! | |
| 33,423 | 6:00 am PST, Mar 7 | Ms. | Janice Twomey | It needs to be stopped. | |
| 33,422 | 1:11 pm PST, Mar 6 | Mr. | Douglas J. Barth | Massachusetts | I want this to stop. |
| 33,421 | 5:55 am PST, Mar 6 | Mr. | brendan coomey | some one asked me to!!! | |
| 33,420 | 9:45 am PST, Mar 4 | Theodore Sutton | California | this corruption in Chihuahua is wrong . How are death swept under the rug like this, If i were one of the families of one of these girls I'd ....Never mind that. Just add me to this petition. | |
| 33,419 | 1:16 am PST, Mar 1 | Ms. | aurea gonzalez | New York | i am outraged. the mexican govt. should be ashamed of themselves killing and raping their own women and doing nothing to stop it. outrageous, regarless of what the circumstances, little to nothing is being done to protect these women, which makes the govt. equally responsible. Take responsibility, and stop justifying evil behavior just save a dollar or make a dollar. this is the kind of evil behavior that effects everyone. the govt, the people who allow this will have to suffer one day too, evil energy is a cancer that kills everyone. these men are not only killing their women they are slowly killing themselves. everyone loses, as country they need to save their souls and heal. this is so sad, it seems like the mexican govt aka the men dont care about these women because they dont even care about themselves. |
| 33,418 | 1:35 pm PST, Feb 28 | Mrs. | Jessica Rothrock | South Carolina | This is a tragedy! |
| 33,417 | 10:16 am PST, Feb 27 | Ms. | Darlene Shenfield | This makes my blood boil. That's why I boycott places like this. | |
| 33,416 | 8:11 am PST, Feb 25 | nancy cohen | New York | my voice can't push out a sound to express the sadness of this situation. If these women are truly gone, then their chidlren and families deserve an explanation. The perpetrators need to learn from this if at all possible...by facing down their deeds and teaching their male children to change. I wonder if an embargo might work? | |
| 33,415 | 7:54 am PST, Feb 25 | Jaguar Eyes | Texas | This is a HORROR! | |
| 33,414 | 11:57 am PST, Feb 23 | Ms. | naomi urbina | Ohio | |
| 33,413 | 7:59 pm PST, Feb 21 | Ms. | Natalia Rodriguez | 370 was the number the government gave, but the people of Juarez have said more, so much more. They say the scale is closer to 5,000 women who have been killed and are still missing | |
| 33,412 | 6:36 am PST, Feb 13 | Ms. | Annelies Ooms | ||
| 33,411 | 8:13 pm PST, Feb 11 | D. Lopez | Kansas | Lets face it, Mexican authorities are not going to help because they carry huge guilt in it. Politicians and the rich that are all involved in NAFTA are under high suspicion for not only covering it up but some are involved. These women put their lives on the line daily just to make a few dollars a day literally, to support their children and families and all they are is a blood sport to the sick and evil of their land. Unfortunately United States dont care, they are too busy turning their heads cause of their involvement with Nafta and Mexican slave labor. Their is nothing they stand to benefit from helping these poor women, cause they have what they want already, free labor basically. We are spending billions daily supposedly to help the ppl of Iraq, when in reality they got what we want. OIL ... Our country is a joke. we send soldiers across the oceans to die under false pretenses but yet our neighbors right here in north america our lovely government could give a rats fuzzy arse less about. Its no wonder they want to all be in the U.S. which use to rightfully be theirs. They come here and work, make families and live safely and then INS picks them up and takes them away from us sending them back into that land of torment, meanwhile we family members mourn the loss of our loved one and worry everyday til we are in physical pain. Its just sick that the united states can not help anyone unless it benefits them in some sort of major monetarial way. They dont care if they rip our families and lives apart nor do they care if them poor young girls are savagely murdered or what they are thinking and going through as they take their last breaths at the hands of pure evil. Karma is ugly when she rears her head, so I hope they keep in mind when its time to be judged dont cry when they get what is coming to them. The women of juarez and their families are in my heart and prayers. | |
| 33,410 | 7:30 pm PST, Jan 30 | Ms. | Marie Marks | Indiana | |
| 33,409 | 2:49 pm PST, Jan 30 | Mr. | barry helps | Indiana | |
| 33,408 | 1:24 pm PST, Jan 28 | Ms. | maggie sikorska | Pennsylvania | It is cruel and not human to do the things that are being done to these women, this needs to stop, we were brought and raised by a women so why are they treating these women like garbage, stop the cruelty!!! |
| 33,407 | 9:41 pm PST, Jan 21 | tracy ann p;ierson | Ohio | this is horrible and very disturbing. | |
| 33,406 | 12:49 pm PST, Jan 14 | Mr. | Martin Cooper | how can common humanity ignore this? | |
| 33,405 | 11:58 am PST, Jan 10 | Mrs. | cindy gonzalez | New York | it's a dam shame.the mexican's police should do something about this tragic situation! |
| 33,404 | 5:31 am PST, Jan 5 | Mrs. | Anonymous | New Jersey | I believe this is an injustice and should not be allowed. The authorities in Mexico should take immediate action. |
| 33,403 | 12:04 pm PST, Dec 29 | Mrs. | SYLVIA GARCIA | New Jersey | This is injustice what is happening to these young ladies. The government should put a stop to the murders. If you can not step down from your seat and let someone who cares take over!!! |
| 33,402 | 9:00 pm PST, Dec 28 | Anonymous | New York | This is a travesty and my heart goes out to the women and families of Mexico affected by this menacing violence. Something has to be done now! | |
| 33,401 | 9:28 am PST, Dec 22 | Anonymous | Texas | my mother is missing in mexico and no one over there is trying to help.. they are just useless the law over there... they should come get an education over here so they can learn something... |
Demand Justice: Hundreds of Women Killed & Missing in Mexico!
Your Excellency,
Since 1993, over 370 women have been killed and "disappeared" in Ciudad Juárez and Chihuahua, Mexico. Amnesty International has expressed its dissatisfaction with the response to date from Mexican authorities, and has expressed doubt about the commitment of authorities to end the horrifying pattern of violence that has become commonplace in Juárez.
Ambassador Bremer, we call on the government of Mexico to fully and promptly investigate the deaths and "disappearances" of hundreds of young women in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, and provide protection and justice for all in that community. All instances of violence must be thoroughly investigated and its perpetrators brought to justice, and steps must be taken to address the causes of women's vulnerability to violence.
Thank you,
The Undersigned
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