Chiapas Support Committee

Category: political prisoners


Let’s assume, without conceding…

From the EZLN’s Capitán, at Enlace Zapatista. August 2024. Let’s assume, without conceding, that you can imagine the following: You were born in an indigenous town. In a community you acquired your language, your culture, your way. All this makes…

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Immediate release for José Díaz Gómez, an EZLN support base

To the national and international SixthTo the signatories to the Declaration for LifeTo the honest mediaTo those who struggle for truth and justice From the Network of Resistances and Rebellions Ajmaq we make this pronouncement.. We know that prisons are…

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Frayba demands the release of an EZLN support base, a prisoner in Catazaja

By: Elio Henríquez, correspondentSan Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas The Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas Human Rights Center (Frayba), demanded the liberation of José Díaz Gómez, an indigenous support base of the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN, Ejército Zapatista de…

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Chiapas court sentences the “Cancuc 5” to 25 years in prison

Bulletin No. 10San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, MexicoMay 17, 2023 The judicial power of the state of Chiapas condemns the five indigenous Tseltals from San Juan Cancuc to 25 years in prison for defending their territory The criminalization of…

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Pronouncement of the International Gathering El Sur Resiste May 7, 2023

¡EL SUR RESISTE 2023/ THE SOUTH RESISTS! CARAVAN  INTERNATIONAL GATHERING OF THE SOUTH/SOUTHEAST        “Global corporate capitalism, Planetary patriarchy, Autonomies in rebellion” CIDECI-UNITIERRA / CARACOL JACINTO CANEKMay 7, 2023PRONOUNCEMENTTo the General Command of the EZLNTo the National Indigenous CongressTo the Indigenous…

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José Luis and César sentenced to 2 years in prison for defending their territory from militarization

This is one of several events that occurred during the El Sur Resiste | The South Resists Caravan and International Gathering and, thus delayed our reporting. By: Yessica Morales Both human rights defenders were repressed by state police, tortured and…

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Day 10 – Palenque, Chiapas: First health, food and justice, not a train that is not Maya

The El Sur Resiste | The South Resists Caravan arrived at its last stop, Palenque, Chiapas, before the start of the “International Gathering El Sur Resiste 2023,” which will take place on May 6 and 7 in the Jacinto Canek…

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Once again, they try to evict the Mixe protest over works on the trans-Isthmus train

By: Jorge A. Pérez Alfonso and Gustavo CastilloCorrespondent and reporter A new eviction attempt arose yesterday morning against the “Tierra y Libertad” camp, which indigenous Mixes maintain in the Mogoñe Viejo-Vixidu section, in the municipality of San Juan Guichicovi, Oaxaca….

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The Good Government Junta demands releasing Manuel Gómez, a prisoner in Ocosingo

By: Elio Henríquez, Correspondent San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas. The Good Government Junta (JBG, its initials in Spanish) named “Rebel Thought of the Native Peoples” [1] demanded the release of Manuel Gómez Vázquez, support base of the Zapatista National…

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Peru, the language of the street

By: Luis Hernández Navarro The street is talking in Peru. And it does so loudly. From the farthest and deepest corners of its geography to the megacity of Lima, it cries out for the closure of Congress, for new general…

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