Chiapas Support Committee

Category: Ayotzinapa


IACHR condemns campaign against experts

By: Emir Olivares Alonso The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) categorically rejected “the defamation campaign that takes place in Mexico” against the Grupo Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts (GIEI), which works on the Ayotzinapa Case, and against its Executive…

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Ayotzinapa: example of apparent State-crime collusion

By: David Brooks, Correspondent New York, March 2, 2016 The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) affirmed in an annual report on Mexico that the disappearance of the 43 Aytozinapa students is “an emblematic example of apparent collusion between State…

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Denounce obstacles in Ayotzinapa case

OBSTACLES “PUT ADVANCES AT RISK IN AYOTZINAPA CASE: GIEI By: Blanche Petrich and José Antonio Román Mexico City  The Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts (GIEI, the group’s initials in Spanish) denounced a series of obstacles, diverting of information and illegal…

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Ayotzinapa: No incineration in Cocula

THERE WAS NO INCINERATION IN COCULA, EAAF CONCLUDES By: José Antonio Román The Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team (EAAF, the team’s initials in Spanish) concluded that there is no scientific evidence that indicates that the mass incineration of the 43 Ayotzinapa…

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Ayotzinapa investigators face rightwing smears

BUITRAGO: THEY PURSUE US BECAUSE WORK ON THE IGUALA CASE IS UNCOMFORTABLE By: Sanjuana Martínez, Special to La Jornada To former prosecutors Angela Buitrago y Claudia Paz y Paz, members of the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts (GIEI, the group’s initials…

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Mexico suffers an epidemic of disappearances

By: José Antonio Román An epidemic of disappearances exists in Mexico, fed by the government’s “incompetence, inertia and indolence,” which has been more worried about giving “entirely political responses” than about designing real and articulated efficient public policies for confronting…

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4 Community police murdered in Guerrero

 TIXTLA: DESTABILIZING VIOLENCE, A LA JORNADA EDITORIAL Yesterday, an armed group murdered four community police in the El Fortín barrio, located in the municipal capital of Tixtla, Guerrero. The victims belong to the Regional Coordinator of Community Authorities (CRAC) of…

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Human Rights: time to tell the truth

By: Luis Hernández Navarro One blow after another! Hard and to the head! The provisional report on the Human rights situation in Mexico, elaborated by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), caused tremendous discontent in the Enrique Peña Nieto…

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CNI Solidarity with Ayotzinapa

MEMBERS of the NATIONAL INDIGENOUS CONGRESS ARE IN SOLIDARITY with AYOTZINAPA Chiapas Mexico, September 27, 2015 “With all respect and if you permit us, we want to be in the heart of the young normalistas’ parents, we want to be…

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EZLN mobilizes in solidarity with Ayotzinapa

IN CHIAPAS, THOUSANDS MOBILIZE IN SOLIDARITY WITH AYOTZINAPA  By: Angeles Mariscal Students, independent citizens, collectives, activists, civil society organizations, teachers and members of the Zapatista National Liberation Army (‎EZLN, its initials in Spanish) participated since early this morning in demonstrations…

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