[news] The Other Campaign calls for a national movement to free prisoners of conscience

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Global Exchange - Feb 28, 2006 | by John Gibler

Human Rights Watch has found that over 40 percent of prisoners in Mexico have never been formally convicted of any crime. Provisions of Mexican law make it easy for prosecutors to detain suspects "preventively" and to present judges with confessions, most often blank pages signed under torture. 

Marcos proposed forming a statewide coalition in Oaxaca to ignite a national movement for the freedom of political prisoners.

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