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”

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March of mothers searching their missing family members, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, May 2025 © SIPAZ
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