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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…
Read MoreNeoliberal integration and defense of territory
By: Raúl Romero* When in 2001 the Mexican political class denied the possibility of a profound reform of the Mexican State, which through recognition of the San Andrés Sakamch’en de los Pobres Accords opened the door to a new relationship between…
Read MoreFrayba 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…
Read MoreIncessant violence
By: Luis Hernández Navarro On June 1, narco-banners were hung on four pedestrian bridges in the municipality of Frontera Comalapa, Chiapas. Ten days later, notices reappeared on public roads, indicating that the Army took journalists to report on risk areas….
Read MoreChiapas: “Necro-power” and paramilitarism
By: Carlos Fazio The Fourth Transformation’s “humanism” did not reach the Mexican southeast. Chiapas is a powder keg about to explode. And not because of the absence of the State: given that it is a territory of great geopolitical and…
Read MoreIn Baja, Veracruz and Puebla, activists demand a stop to the paramilitary attacks on EZLN communities
The official denialism favors impunity of the aggressors: Frayba By: Antonio Heras, CorrespondentMexicali, Baja California On Sunday morning, members of the Mexicali Resissste Movement protested the armed attacks against communities of the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN, Ejército Zapatista de…
Read MoreInter-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 MoreWho do the paramilitaries serve in Chiapas?
By: Raúl Romero* The phenomenon of paramilitarism is historical and widely studied in Latin America. Paramilitaries are armed civilian groups, trained, financed and/or permitted by states. By means of violence, their task consists of maintaining control of the population, eliminating the resistances…
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