TEXAS: Impending Wrongful Execution of Mexican Citizen
Australian Coalition Against Death Penalty (ACADP) | 13.01.2014 01:37 | Social Struggles | World
The Mexican Goverment Demands life in prison for Mexico Citizen on Death Row in Texas, USA.
Edgar Tamayo Arias, a Mexican citizen currently on Death Row in Texas USA, is scheduled for execution on January 22nd.
However, the Mexican government is demanding that US Authorities stay Mr. Tamayo's execution. Mexican ambassador, Eduardo Medina Mora, today revealed that the Mexican government has done "everything within its reach" to prevent the execution of Mr. Tamayo and has urged the USA (the world role model for human rights) to comply with a resolution passed by the International Court of Justice in the Hague.
Edgar Tamayo Arias was arrested the 31st of January 1994 for the murder of a police officer in Houston - he is scheduled for execution in Texas.
However, in 2004, the ICJ found that the United States of America (the land that preaches human rights to the rest of the world) had violated article 36 of the Vienna convention in 51 cases of Mexican citizens being given the death penalty, because it did not grant them the right to consular assistance. "Our country demnads that the United States comply with its international obligation, freely accepted by that state, under the resolution of the International Cout of Justice," said Medina Mora.
Despite the ruling from the Hague, the American Supreme Court found that no such ruling existed within United States law, and therefore its Department of Justice would be exempt from the Vienna convention.
Medina Mora said that Mexico has been working "intensely with the Department of State so that the US Congress [can approve the neccesary legislation]."
Should Tamayo Arias' execution go ahead, it would be the 3rd time a Mexican citizen has been put to death on American soil following the executions of Jose Ernesto Medellin and Humberto Leal Garcia.
Texas Sucks, literally !!!
Edgar Tamayo Arias, a Mexican citizen currently on Death Row in Texas USA, is scheduled for execution on January 22nd.
However, the Mexican government is demanding that US Authorities stay Mr. Tamayo's execution. Mexican ambassador, Eduardo Medina Mora, today revealed that the Mexican government has done "everything within its reach" to prevent the execution of Mr. Tamayo and has urged the USA (the world role model for human rights) to comply with a resolution passed by the International Court of Justice in the Hague.
Edgar Tamayo Arias was arrested the 31st of January 1994 for the murder of a police officer in Houston - he is scheduled for execution in Texas.
However, in 2004, the ICJ found that the United States of America (the land that preaches human rights to the rest of the world) had violated article 36 of the Vienna convention in 51 cases of Mexican citizens being given the death penalty, because it did not grant them the right to consular assistance. "Our country demnads that the United States comply with its international obligation, freely accepted by that state, under the resolution of the International Cout of Justice," said Medina Mora.
Despite the ruling from the Hague, the American Supreme Court found that no such ruling existed within United States law, and therefore its Department of Justice would be exempt from the Vienna convention.
Medina Mora said that Mexico has been working "intensely with the Department of State so that the US Congress [can approve the neccesary legislation]."
Should Tamayo Arias' execution go ahead, it would be the 3rd time a Mexican citizen has been put to death on American soil following the executions of Jose Ernesto Medellin and Humberto Leal Garcia.
Texas Sucks, literally !!!
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When Will Texas Play By The Rules ???
15.01.2014 00:01
The rule, in this case, is article 36 of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (VCCR) - to which the USA is a party. That document requires that foreign nationals who are arrested or detained on United States soil be given notice “without delay” of their right to have their embassy or consulate notified of the arrest. Foreign officials can then assist defendants with their legal proceedings.
Texas authorities continue to violate this "right" for foreign nationals, under the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations - a treaty that the USA became a signatory to, more than 40 years ago. This is the same treaty that ordinary Americans citizens rely on for protection when they find themselves in trouble overseas. It is the same treaty that allows all Americans who are detained abroad to contact the USA Consulate to help defend them and their rights.
Ten years ago, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled that the USA had violated the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (VCCR) in the cases of fifty-one foreign nationals sentenced to death in the USA, including Edgar Arias Tamayo. Also, the abhorrent upshot is that Tamayo's American trial lawyer spent less than 16 hours of investigation on the extremely complicated capital case.
If Texas continues to fail to comply with the VCCR and the ICJ rulings, it will put their relations with other countries at risk. When The USA refuses to "play by the rules", foreign countries dealing with American nationals may decide to do the same.
And it seems some agree. The US Secretary of State John Kerry, wrote a letter to Texas Gov. Rick Perry and the state Attorney General Greg Abbott, saying that the execution of Edgar Arias Tamayo could have serious diplomatic repercussions.
Texas reflects a persistent ignorance, shows disrespect for International Law, and astonishing insensitivity to the serious implications this may have on the USA and its citizens.
Dorina Lisson
Texas illegally executed Edgar Tamayo
27.01.2014 00:09
There was also worldwide condemnation of the execution of Edgar Tamayo in Texas. But the US media were too shy to report this condemnation.
In the US, The Secretary of State John Kerry had contacted Texas Governor Rick Perry and the State Attorney General Greg Abbott, saying that "the execution of Edgar Tamayo could have serious diplomatic repercussions."
The US doesn't give a damn about human rights laws.
Lance
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