Chiapas Support Committee

Category: Human Rights


10 Years since the repression in San Salvador Atenco

By: Javier Salinas Cesáreo, Correspondent San Salvador Atenco, Mexico Yesterday, the Peoples Front in Defense of Land (FPDT) commemorated the tenth anniversary of the repression and occupation of San Salvador Atenco community by federal forces. On that occasion they arrested…

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The GIEI’s Tsunami

By: Magdalena Gómez The second and last report of the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts (GIEI, the Group’s initials in Spanish) opened with the assertion that there is no evidence that the normalistas had links with organized crime and discards…

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GIEI: there was no cremation in Cocula

FINAL AYOTZINAPA REPORT By: Emir Olivares Alonso and José Antonio Román The Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts (GIEI) for the Ayotzinapa case did not find “one single piece of evidence” for assuring that the 43 students of that rural teachers…

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Forensic anthropologists publish report on Cocula garbage dump

* The objective is to encourage scientific and informed debate about the students’ whereabouts By: José Antonio Román The Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team (EAAF, its initials in Spanish) decided to place at the disposition of public opinion the entire report…

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EZLN and CNI: Declaration of Maximum Alert for Xochicuautla and Ostula

April 13, 2016 TO THE PEOPLES OF THE WORLD TO THE ALTERNATIVE MEDIA Faced with the cowardly betrayal of the Natho indigenous community of San Francisco Xochicuautla, municipality of Lerma in the State of Mexico, in order to impose the…

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Frayba: Repression, torture and arbitrary arrests of Chiapas teachers

CHIAPAS: “ARBITRARY DEPRIVATION OF FREEDOM AND TORTURE OF CNTE TEACHERS,” FRAYBA The Mexican State’s repression criminalizes social protest in Chiapas. San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, México, April 16, 2016 Press Bulletin The Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas Human Rights…

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The Anti-War Caravan from Honduras to New York

By: Journalists on Foot (Periodistas de a Pie) The Caravan will tour more than 5, 000 kilometers from this country (Honduras) to New York. Photo: PieDePágina Text and photograph: Ximena Natera. Text: Daniela Pastrana Honduras, the largest expeller country of…

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Rigorous questioning from the IACHR of the Mexican government

Washington, DC In a harsh and unpleasant session, members of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) severely questioned the Mexican government not only because of the direct attacks against one of its functionaries, but also because of the negative…

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Gustavo Castro: Foreign Relations delayed his return

GUSTAVO CASTRO REPROACHES THE SRE’S DELAY IN ATTAINING HIS RETURN FROM HONDURAS By: José Antonio Román Gustavo Castro, the Mexican activist held almost a month in Honduras due to being a witness to the murder of Berta Cáceres, reproached the…

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20 Years of millions of dollars and Chiapas remains poor

MORE THAN 20 YEARS OF A MILLION-DOLLAR ECONOMIC SPILL AND CHIAPAS REMAINS JUST AS POOR   By: Isaín Mandujano Chiapas is the state that has received the most resources to combat poverty in the whole country during the last 20…

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