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Inter-American Court for Human Rights and forced displacement
By: Magdalena Gómez Within the very broad cases and situations of human rights violations in our country, a campaign is underway that seeks to stop the war in Chiapas against the Zapatista communities, without this war only affecting them, but…
Read MoreFrayba: Denialism deepens impunity
The Frayba Human Rights Center responds to AMLO From the Editors After President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) explained in his morning press conference that attacks against Zapatista communities are not widespread [1], the Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas Human…
Read MoreORCAO attacks 3 Zapatista Communities in Moisés Gandhi region
Elio Henríquez, CorrespondentSan Cristóbal De Las Casas, Chiapas For three days, members of the Regional Organization of Ocosingo Coffee Growers (ORCAO) attacked three autonomous Zapatista communities located in the Moisés Gandhi region, municipality of Lucio Cabañas, with shots from firearms…
Read MoreAntonio González Méndez v. Mexico, the first case before the Inter-American Court on Chiapas counterinsurgency actions
By: Yessica Morales, Editor On June 21, 2023, the hearing will be held before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACourtHR) on the case of “Antonio González Méndez vs. México.” Antonio was disappeared in 1999 for belonging to the civilian…
Read MoreStop the counterinsurgency war in Chiapas, the OCSS demands
Yesterday, members of the Campesino Organization of the Southern Sierra blocked the Coyuca Bridge, located in the Costa Grande region of Guerrero, in solidarity with the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN). By: Sergio Ocampo Arista, CorrespondentChilpancingo, Guerrero Members of the…
Read MoreLa Santa Muerte
Luis Hernández Navarro La Santa Muerte and Malverde are everywhere in San Cristóbal de las Casas and in Chiapas cities like Teopisca. Their cult is not hidden. The markets are replete with ritual elements appropriate for their veneration. The herbal and…
Read MoreThey demand a stop to the paramilitary harassment of the Zapatista peoples
By: Jessica Xantomila and Elio Henríquez, Correspondent In “Stop the war against the Zapatista peoples” global day of action, members of the National Indigenous Congress (CNI), popular organizations, students, teachers and unions, as well as artists and academics, mobilized in…
Read MoreArmed attack on Santa Martha displaced in Polhó, Chiapas; 7 dead and 3 injured
By: Elio Henríquez, CorrespondentSan Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas [Excerpt from the first La Jornada article dated June 3.] Seven indigenous people died and three were injured during an armed attack committed yesterday evening in the locality of Polhó, municipality…
Read MoreThe Chiapas Power Keg
By: Luis Hernández Navarro Chiapas is a powder keg about to explode. Violence multiplies alarmingly. Armed attacks by paramilitaries against Zapatista communities are frequent and intensifying. Organized crime groups organize levies (forced recruitment) of young people to swell their armies….
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