On Jan 27 members of the community of Mitzitón, Chiapas, adherents to the other campaign, blocked the highway San Cristóbal – Ocosingo and did a sit-in in front of the Los Llanos prison (Cereso 5) to demand the freedom of two compañeros who have been unjustly jailed for 9 and 3 years. This action is part of a long struggle to resist government abuses and paramilitary agressions. In the sit-in, which lasted over 24 hours, members of other communities adherents to the Other Campaign were also present. Among them, membres from the community of Molino de los Arcos.In that community, an opposing group took advantage of the fact that most of the men were absent to attack mostly women and children with sticks and rocks. (Continuar leyendo…)

With sorrow and an immense recognition we bade farewell to our dear Jtatic Samuel Ruiz García, who passed away on January 24, 2011. These are some of the moments of his farewell during the 38 hours in which his body remained in the cathedral of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, before being buried in the cathedral. To Don Samuel, our deepest feelings of gratitude for his work at the side of the original peoples, the poor and exploited. You remain with us, dear Tatic.

• Arrival of Don Samuel at the cathedral of San Cristóbal.(Descarga aquí)  
• Words by Patricio Murphy Ruiz, nephew of Don Samuel.(Descarga aquí)  
• Resucitó: chants for Tatic Samuel.(Descarga aquí)  
• Part of the words by bishop Felipe Arizmendi.(Descarga aquí)  
• Words by the civil society of Las Abejas de Acteal.(Descarga aquí)  
• Words by Pueblo Creyente.(Descarga aquí)  
• Words by Don José Ruiz García, brother of Don Samuel.(Descarga aquí)  
• Words by a compañera from Guatemala.(Descarga aquí)  
• The last half hour of Tatic’s body with us.(Descarga aquí)  

Communique by the CCRI-CG of the EZLN on the death of Don Samuel.

• Iba a evangelizar pero yo fui el evangelizado. (6:12 min)(Descarga aquí)  
• La dominación. (2:42 min)(Descarga aquí)  
• El dominio del sistema. (1:40 min)(Descarga aquí)  
• Fenómeno migratorio indígena. (2:20 min)(Descarga aquí)  
• Mensaje para los “nuevos Hidalgos”. (0:48 min)(Descarga aquí)  
• La primera Biblia indígena en América Latina. (4:06 min)(Descarga aquí)  
• Duda y llamado. (5:24 min)(Descarga aquí)  
• Su vocación y el asesinato del padre Lawers. (2:46 min)(Descarga aquí)  

Monthly report by the Fray Bartolomé de las Casas Human Rights Center (Spanish): Greetings and evaluation of the current situation of human rights at this beginning of 2011.

Monthly report by the Fray Bartolomé de las Casas Human Rights Center (Spanish): Greetings and evaluation of the current situation of human rights at this beginning of 2011.

Debate Resistence and Territory at Cideci/Universidad de la Tierra, Chiapas (13 Jan 2001): Reflections, images and exchange of experiences in the struggle for the defense of territory.

• Palestine: Esta S – Activist, internationalist and representative of the Popular Struggle Coordination Committee for Palestine.(Descarga aquí)  
• Landless Rural Worker Movement (MST), Brazil: Lia Barbosa – Professor at Universidade Estadual do Ceará and friend of the MST.(Descarga aquí)  
• Oaxaca: Montserrat San Martín – Indigenous Organizatinons for Human Rights in Oaxaca (OIDHO), adherent to the Sixth Declaration of the Lacandon Jungle.(Descarga aquí)  
• Mitzitón: Osvaldo – Member of the community in resistance of Mitzitón, adherent to the Sixth Declaration of the Lacandon Jungle and the Other Campaign.(Descarga aquí)  

(Continuar leyendo…)

• EnlaceZapatista denies EZLN or the Other Campaign involvement in the kidnapping of Diego Fernández de Cevallos
• Special report on “sustainable rural cities”
• New agressions against human rights activists in Chiapas
• The Frayba Report: hostilities against human rights activists and independent journalists in Chiapas

We spoke with doctor Alejandro Meza, member of the Red of Medical and Mental Health Personnel for the Attention to Survivors of Torture and external collaborator of the Fray Bartolomé de las Casas Human Rights Center (Frayba), who recently suffered threats and had his house and car broken into. We also interviewed Jorge Hernández, from the Frayba, who spoke of the situation of human rights activists at the national level and in Chiapas.