Dear supporter of indigenous women’s rights and freedoms,
The Comité Pro-Reparaciones para las Hermanas González de Chiapas, in coordination with the legal team of the Centro de Derechos de la Mujer de Chiapas (CDMCH), invite you to join an Americas-wide campaign to pressure the Mexican government for justice and reparations for indigenous victims of military rape. In 1994 Celia, Beatriz, y Ana González were raped by soldiers at a military checkpoint in Chiapas, Mexico. In 2001 the Organization of American States’ Inter-American Human Rights Commission held that Mexican State was responsible for this crime, yet the guilty parties have not been brought to justice nor have the sisters and their mother, a witness, been indemnified. This case is especially important because it is the first time the Inter-American System has recognized the indigenous identity of a rape victim. Grassroots pressure has gotten this case moving forward after fifteen years of impunity. Now is a crucial time to pressure the Mexican government for justice—and stop growing generalized state violence against indigenous women in Mexico. We are sending out links to a website where you can find more information on this and related cases, in English and Spanish, taken from legal, academic, and news documents.
For documents in English on the Hermanas González case, click here:
https://hermanasgonzalez.org/docs/en/
For documents in Spanish on the Hermanas González case, click here:
https://hermanasgonzalez.org/docs/es/
To view and sign the petition, click here: https://hermanasgonzalez.org/petition/

In struggle,
The Comité Pro-Reparaciones de las Hermanas GonzálezAngela Hernandez, Caitlin Henry, Gloria Guadalupe Flores Ruíz, Jessica Schneider, Kate Percuoco, and Vivian Newdick