WHERE THE GUNS GO: U.S. Policy and Human Rights in Mexico.
Film and Discussion on Human Rights Day
DEC 10th, 2018 6:00-7:30 pm TEXTOR 101
Open to the Public; everyone welcome.
An in-depth documentary on U.S. arms transfers to Mexico in a context of deepened corruption and human rights violations. The so-called Drug War serves make legal the killing and repression of people: the United States provides the weapons, while Mexico provides the people killed and disappeared, including in Ayotzinapa. This documentary brings together the testimonies of human rights activists, journalists, and people in Mexico directly affected by the violence carried by both government forces and organized crime in Mexico, with U.S. support.
Discussion to follow the 26 min. film; Daniela Rivero (IC ’21) and Prof. Ute Ritz-Deutch (SUNY-Cortland; TC3; Amnesty International- Local Group 73) will lead discussion about Human Rights and arms transfers to Mexico.
Sponsored by Politics Dept. and Latin American Studies at Ithaca College; and by the T.C. Immigrant Rights Coalition.
Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact Patricia Rodriguez at prodriguez@ithaca.edu or (607) 274-5714. We ask that requests for accommodations be made as soon as possible.
https://www.ithaca.edu/intercom/article.php/20181130114908634