In Chiapas, during the height of the internal armed conflict, forced disappearance of persons was a common practice in the period 1995 to 2001, the Human Rights Center has documented.

We continue denouncing the wrongful actions by the government, which has no interest in respecting the rights of peoples.(Descarga aquí)  

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Spanish philosopher Agustín García Calvo gave the following speech to a massive crowd during the occupation of the Puerta del Sol, the central plaza of Madrid, on May 19, 2011. A complete transcript in Spanish is available from Editorial Lucina; a small chunk of the speech is translated into English here.

“You are joy, the joy of the unexpected, of the unpredictable. Neither the authorities and governments, nor the political parties of any color expected this. . . .”

Read the denunciation blow (in Spanish): (Continuar leyendo…)

Although hundreds of groups, organizations and individuals in many parts of the world calling for their freedom, the Government of Chiapas refuses to listen.

In this program you can listen to, among other topics:

• The march passed, the struggle is only begining
• Amnesty too
• Mexico City: against CFE
• Mexico City: Hunger strike at the Zócalo
• Teacher’s day; day of struggle
• Oaxaca: construction of Venta III halted
• New York: Protest against Wall Street
• Also in Spain
• The war in Libia

The first court decided yesterday to resume its original jurisdiction and determine the innocence of Juan Santis Vasquez, Lorenzo Gómez Jiménez, Mariano Pérez Jiménez, Agustín Pérez Gómez, José Ruiz Tzucut, and Bartolo Luna López Pérez or Bartolo Pérez, sentenced for the crimes of homicide and aggravated assault.

II International Seminar
(Tanzania, Turkey, India, Mexico, New Zealand, Canada, USA)
12 May 2011 / CIDECI-Unitierra Chiapas

Global Crisis and “Other” Social Movements

In Memoriam:
Don Samuel Ruiz García
Felipe de J. Toussaint Loera

First Part

In Memoriam: Resemblances

Estela Barco / Jorge Santiago / Guillermo Villaseñor(Descarga aquí)  

General Introduction: Gustavo Esteva

Moderator: Oliver Fröhling (México)

Derek Shaw (Canada)(Descarga aquí)  

Sonal Mehta (India) – English(Descarga aquí)  

Sonal Mehta (India) – Translation to Spanish(Descarga aquí)  

Peter Horsley (New Zealand) – English(Descarga aquí)  

Peter Horsley (New Zealand) – Translation to Spanish(Descarga aquí)  

Alice Brooks Wilson (USA) – Spanish(Descarga aquí)  

Second Part

Moderator: Gustavo Esteva (México)

Jennifer Jones (USA) – English(Descarga aquí)  

Jennifer Jones (USA) – Translation to Spanish(Descarga aquí)  

Fatma Alloo (Tanzania) – English(Descarga aquí)  

Fatma Alloo (Tanzania) – Translation to Spanish(Descarga aquí)  

Sibel Ozbudun (Turkey) – English(Descarga aquí)  

Sibel Ozbudun (Turkey) – Translation to Spanish(Descarga aquí)  

Final words: Gustavo Esteva(Descarga aquí)   (Continuar leyendo…)

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Monthly report by the Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas Human Rights Center in Chiapas, Mexico.(Descarga aquí)  
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Reporte mensual del Centro de Derechos Humanos Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas, Chiapas. (Descarga aquí)  
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