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Category: Human Rights
Chiapas: Violence and displaced persons cause fear of another Acteal
Lack of attention to land conflicts and the growing operation of organized crime groups translates into deaths, rapes and forced displacement of residents. By: Isaín Mandujano Civilian organizations, human rights defenders and religious people denounce an unusual increase in violence…
Read MoreUS: Hypocrisy and Cruelty
From the editorial desk of La Jornada Once again, the immigration issue exposes the hypocrisy, disdain for human rights, manipulation and cruelty of US leaders. Since Wednesday, the policy of granting conditional humanitarian freedom to Venezuelans entering the United States…
Read MoreHuman Rights and Militarization
By: Miguel Concha Democracy, simply put in Rousseau’s terms, is that popular and collective will, given to a legitimate person to represent and address the needs of the people for the common good. However, when this political model moves away…
Read MoreCristóbal Sántiz is free, more than 2 years after his arrest
The community defender was arrested when leaving work in San Cristóbal de Las Casas by officials of the Chiapas Attorney General’s specialized police By: Yessica Morales El Centro de Derechos Humanos Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas Human Rights Center (Frayba)…
Read MoreThey deny return to those displaced from Santa Martha, and accuse them of killing 6
By: Ángeles Mariscal Residents of Santa Martha, Chenalhó [those who remain there), accused the group of more than 30 families that were displaced from that community of breaking an agreement for the distribution of lands and murdering six of their…
Read MoreFrayba: Inaction of the Mexican State deepens violence in Chiapas Highlands
San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, MexicoOctober 5, 2022Bulletin No. 31 The Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas Human Rights Center (Frayba) condemns the acts of violence occurring in the Santa Martha Section, municipality of Chenalhó, Chiapas. According to various sources…
Read MoreChenalhó, Chiapas, the struggle for land via the armed path
By: Ángeles Mariscal Seven days of constant attacks have passed, without the government being able to intervene to stop the confrontation that is being waged within the Santa Martha Chenalhó armed group, over the possession of 49.5 hectares of land….
Read MoreArmed group burns houses, murders opponents, displaces 32 families who flee to Polhó
By: Ángeles Mariscal This Tuesday marks six days since factions of the armed group that formed in Santa Martha, Chenalhó, in the Chiapas Highlands, have confronted each other. No authority of the three levels of government has entered the place,…
Read MoreArmed group in Chenalhó keeps a community under siege, and murders several residents
By: Ángeles Mariscal Since Thursday, September 29, an armed group of approximately 60 people in Santa Martha, Chenalhó, has kept the Atzamiló community, located within the same ejido, under siege; it killed at least four people, denounced residents. The events occurred because…
Read MoreAyotzinapa, the Time Tunnel
By: Luis Hernández Navarro It seems like a trip through the Time Tunnel, back to the presidency of Enrique Peña Nieto. The EjércitoMX.Noticias tweet reports: Here I leave you the interview with General José Rodrígues Pérez, investigated for the Ayotzinapa…
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