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SDPNOTICIAS.COM Javier Sicilia gives international human rights award The poet seeks to rescue a country that has been "dying moments" I'm not talking

by the wave of violence: Fernando Camacho Servin Lewis


newspaper La Jornada
Wednesday May 4, 2011, p. 9

In recognition of the way that has brought together social satiety generated by the "war" against organized crime, Javier Sicilia poet was awarded the Human Rights Award People's Choice Awards, presented annually by the international organization Global Exchange (GE).

Ted Lewis, director of GE's human rights, said in an interview with La Jornada how the operator won the recognition, noting that the Committee's work after the murder of his son tries to rescue a country that lives "dying moments" for the current wave of violence.

"The decision to recognize the writer Javier Sicilia was not ours, because this award is given by the people who come to our website. The contest began in February and five days before it closed, one person involved. Finally won over 200 thousand votes, "said the activist.

Lewis said there was" an urgent need for people like Sicily to start trying to say what is needed: the war on drugs has resulted in the largest failure the country's history in terms of violence. "

In recent months, GE staff frequently visited Ciudad Juárez has registered the birth of a citizen's movement" fighting for something decent, without finding an echo in their efforts by government, he said.

"What has made the poet-nominee Javier Sicilia from more than 70 people, is to provide a space for thinking about a new strategy from the civil society, because officials are not able to do something different now. Continue with their dogmas and seem to have no ability to recover the course. "

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As a result of the "war" against drug trafficking, estimated Lewis, "Mexico is now dying and not the short term we see no obstacle to this. It seems that going into the abyss and that worries us. "

According to the activist, the violence and instability in Mexico and is "similar to the one in Iraq or Afghanistan" because it helped drug demand in the U.S. and its lack of control over arms sales. Although this information is known and accepted south of the Rio Grande, north of the border has not been fully released or admitted as valid, he said.

the absence of government options, and level of involvement of the army and police forces in the climate of violence, "we see with hope that civil society is doing. We hope that the march of May 5 is a call to heard in Mexico, the United States and around the world. If we lose the possibility of civilized life on this continent. "

With the convening of Sicily, "we also see new impetus to the unification of journalists and human rights defenders. It's something new and fragile, but we see it as a very important answer.

The People's Choice Award, Global Exchange, has been granted before activists with outstanding work in environmental protection, fair trade and guarantees individual, including Mu Sochua (Cambodia), Raul del Aguila (Peru) and Van Jones (USA).