Salma Hayek joins forces with HRW to stop violence
towards women
Salma Hayek
recently joined the Human Rights Watch (HRW) organization in hope of asking
presidential candidates in Mexico
to commit to the prevention and punishment of crimes against women. Hayek, HRW,
and 65 other social groups in Mexico
and U.S.
got together to make this call an open letter that was sent to candidates
running for office in July.Hayek believes
that every Mexican deserves a president that will end all these ridiculous
killings against women. Non-government organizations have stated that for the
last 13 years, more than 400 women have been murdered or have
"disappeared" in Ciudad
Juarez, in the state of Chihuahua.
"It's
outrageous that Mexican women must live afraid of the killers harassing them on
the streets," Hayek stated. Jose Miguel
Vivanco, HWR director in the Americas,
stated that "despite some efforts done by the government to investigate
these brutal crimes, women are still being kidnapped, tortured, and killed in Mexico."
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