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  • Chiapas/National: CSOs Support Centro Pro and Frayba Following AMLO’s References
    by SIPAZ on 25/04/2024 at 17:48

    @Aristegui Noticias On April 24th, Red TDT published a statement in which it rejected “the criminalization carried out by President AMLO in his morning press conference to delegitimize the Fray Bartolome de Las Casas enter for Human Rights in Chiapas and the Miguel Agustin Pro Juarez Human Rights Center in Mexico City”. It recalled that

  • Chiapas: Frayba Condemns Unjust Sentence for San Juan Cancuc Defenders
    by SIPAZ on 25/04/2024 at 02:29

    At a press conference on April 23rd, the Fray Bartolome de Las Casas Center for Human Rights (Frayba) condemned that Judge Viridiana Montenegro Peña had “unjustly” sentenced five Tseltals from San Juan Cancuc, defenders of territory, this “for a crime they did not commit.” The five indigenous people, imprisoned in the San Cristobal prison, are

  • National/International: AMLO Rejects US State Department’s Report on Human Rights in Mexico
    by SIPAZ on 25/04/2024 at 01:52

    @La Jornada At a press conference on April 23rd, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) rejected the report on human rights in Mexico issued by the State Department of the United States government, stating that “they position themselves as the judges of the world.” “They are ossified in the management of their foreign policy, with

  • National/Oaxaca: “Utilitarian” Tendency in Appointment of Indigenous Candidates
    by SIPAZ on 23/04/2024 at 19:36

    @EDUCA On April 21, the National Network of Indigenous Lawyers expressed its concern regarding the recent designations of indigenous candidates since they observed a “utilitarian tendency of identity through qualified self-ascription.” It called on the electoral authorities to implement mechanisms to eradicate the usurpation and simulation that allows “opportunistic people to occupy affirmative action for

SIPAZ Report Vol XXVIII Nº 4 – December 2023

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16/12/2023

LATEST: Human Rights – Pending agenda for candidates for the 2024 elections

In September, the National Peace Dialogue was held in Puebla, after talks and Justice and Security Forums were held in the states in which more than 18 thousand people participated in the last ten months.
16/12/2023

FOCUS: Arbitrary detentions; a frequent practice, pain and injustice in Mexico

According to various reports from Mexican and international human rights organizations, arbitrary detentions are a recurring practice in Mexico. This phenomenon involves the arrest of individuals without valid justification or illegally,

Important Dates

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Peace Process, War Process

Brief history of the conflict in Chiapas

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