ARTICLE: Ecumenism and Networking, Paths of Hope for Chiapas

30/06/2024
SIPAZ Report Vol XXIX Nº 2 – June 2024
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ARTICLE: Ecumenism and Networking, Paths of Hope for Chiapas

In April 2024, at the facilities of the Institute of Intercultural Studies and Research C.A., a change of direction of the organization was made. Ernesto Martin Guerrero Zavala left office and Gerardo Torres Estrada took over as the new director.
30/06/2024
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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.
30/06/2024
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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.
30/06/2024
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FOCUS: Southern Border and Sierra trapped in the middle of relentless terror

Civil society organizations in Chiapas joined their voices to highlight and demand that the situation of violence that has been experienced since 2021 in the border and mountain region of the state be recognized and addressed,
22/03/2024
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Event on Peacebuilding, San Cristóbal de Las Casas, December 2023 © SIPAZ
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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
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ARTICLE: Spinning Alternatives with Children and Adolescents in Chiapas

In August, the Forum “Spinning Alternatives with the Children of Chiapas” was held in San Cristobal de Las Casas, convened by Melel Xojobal, the Network for the Rights of Children and Adolescents (REDIAS) and Slamalil Kinal.
27/09/2023
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Migrants © Razón de México
27/09/2023
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FOCUS: Forced Displacement: Global Crisis, National Incapacity

Every June 20th, World Refugee Day is celebrated, in a context in which, according to data provided by the United Nations (UN), twenty-four individuals leave their homes every minute, escaping war conflicts, persecutions or horror situations.
27/09/2023
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LATEST: Mexico, Continued Insecurity

In June, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) recognized that during his government recorded homicides have exceeded those of previous administrations. In 2019, 34,690 murders were recorded, in 2020, 34,554, in 2021, 33,308 and in 2022, 30,968, while in the first quarter of 2023 there were 9,912, an average of 83 per day.
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ARTICLE: Vanishing Points – Women against Violence and in Defense of their Land and Territory

The panorama of violence in Chiapas and its various elements of complexity have been placed in public view in an alarming manner in recent months despite being present for decades (if not centuries).
08/12/2021