Open letter from Amnesty International to the Governor of Santa Fe Province, Sr. Jorge Obeid

Open letter from Amnesty International to the Governor of Santa Fe Province, Sr. Jorge Obeid

Index Number: AMR 13/003/2004
Date Published: 6 February 2004
Categories: Americas, Argentina

In this letter to the Governor of Province of Santa Fe, Argentina, Amnesty International's expresses concern at the death of Sandra Cabrera, a mother of two minors, a sex worker and Secretary General of the Asociación de Mujeres Meretrices de Argentina (AMMAR) Association of Women Prostitutes of Argentina, in January. Information from various sources indicates that these threats were directly related to her continuing work in defence of the human rights of the female sex workers of Rosario.