ARTICLE: Documenting to Make Visible – El Obse de Chiapas Confronting Violence Against Human Rights Defenders

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ARTICLE: Documenting to Make Visible – El Obse de Chiapas Confronting Violence Against Human Rights Defenders

The situation in Chiapas presents a panorama marked by serious human rights violations. In recent years, the state has experienced an alarming increase in forced displacement, disappearances, the presence of armed groups, drug and human trafficking, and political violence.
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Presentation of the report "Chiapas, in the spiral of armed and criminal violence" © Frayba
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FOCUS: “Chiapas in the Spiral of Armed and Criminal Violence”

On March 19th, in the framework of its 36th anniversary, the Fray Bartolome de las Casas Center for Human Rights (Frayba) presented its report "Chiapas, in the Spiral of Armed and Criminal Violence (Between Governmental Chaos, Organized Crime and the Paths of Struggle and Resistance)", which aims to leave a record of what happened in the state during the period from January 2023 to June 2024.
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March of mothers searching their missing family members, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, May 2025 © SIPAZ
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Demonstration against the deportation policy © Europa Press / La Gaceta.es
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Action by the Network for the Rights of Children (REDIM) in San Cristobal de Las Casas, San Cristobal de Las Casas, February 2024 © SIPAZ
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FOCUS: Violence against Children and Adolescents in Mexico. The Case of Chiapas

In recent years, due to its geographical location connecting the north with the south of the American continent, Chiapas has become a territory disputed by different criminal groups, which has led to an alarming increase in violence in the state to which the entire population is vulnerable.
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Activities for our missing people within the framework of Mother's Day, San Cristóbal de las Casas, May 2024 © SIPAZ
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FOCUS: I name you, Mexico, a country of disappeared people

For some years now, various human rights organizations and groups of searching families have been documenting and denouncing the crisis of disappearances in Mexico. In 2023, people spoke with surprise about the alarming figure that had been reached: 100 thousand missing people; today there are more than 116 thousand.
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The presidential candidate of the ruling party MORENA, Claudia Sheinbaum, addresses her supporters after winning the election, in Mexico City, Mexico, on June 3, 2024 © Fernando Llanos / Ap Photo
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LATEST: Elections amid High Levels of Political Violence

In March, the High Commissioner for Human Rights of the United Nations (UN), Volker Türk, said that the electoral process underway in Mexico “must be safeguarded from violence.” On June 2nd, these elections will lead to the appointment of more than 20,000 public officials, including the head of state, as well as members of both chambers of Congress and a wide range of representatives and state and local authorities.
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Joe Biden, Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Justin Trudeau - Xth Summit of North American Leaders © REUTERS
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LATEST: 10th Summit of North American Leaders takes place in Mexico

On January 9th and 10th, the 10th Summit of North American Leaders was held in Mexico City. Prior to the meeting, various civil organizations from the three countries sent a letter to the leaders of Mexico, the United States, and Canada requesting that they put on the table "the most urgent crises of our time: armed violence, environmental destruction, and the criminalization of migration."
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