• Bulletin of the presentation of the report:(Descarga aquí)  
• Legal situation of political prisoners from Bachajón:(Descarga aquí)  
• Q&A (legal situation of the land; death of one of the PRI aggressors; influence of government project in the conflicts):(Descarga aquí)  
• Interview to Víctor Hugo López Rodríguez, new Frayba director (broadening Frayba’s vision in the national context):(Descarga aquí)  
• Legacy of Don Samuel for the Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas Human Rights Center:(Descarga aquí)  

Report “Government creates and administers conflicts for territorial control in Chiapas”.

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Nataniel Hernández, director of the Digna Ochoa Human Rights Center, speaks from the prison of El Amate, Chiapas.

Nataniel Hernández narrates the violations he suffered together with the lawyers Eduardo Martínez Silvas and José Martínez Cruz from the Digna Ochoa Human Rights Center in Tonalá, Chiapas.(Descarga aquí)  

http://radiopozol.blogspot.com/2011/03/nataniel-hernandez-director-del-centro.html

Consult:

http://consejoautonomo.wordpress.com/

Last Saturday, after deciding in an assembly to return to their homes after 15 days on permanent guard at the community building, some compañeros who live far away from the center were received by members of the Army of God; they were beaten, attacked with knifes, and had to be taken to the Red Cross.(Descarga aquí)  

Read the communiqué by the community of Mitzitón (Spanish).

In the last weeks, violence against organized communities that defend their territories against multinational projects in Chiapas and against human rights defenders have increased dramatically. In this program, we interview adherents to the Other Campaign in Bachajón and Mitzitón and a lawyer from the Digna Ochoa Human Rights Center. (Subscribe to the podcast of Noticias de la Otra here.)(Descarga aquí)  

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Given the alarming increase in repression and violence in Chiapas and the political prisoners, we interviewed today:

Representative from the community of San Sebastián Bachajón, who spoke about the events on Feb 2 and 3 and the current situation of political prisoners.(Descarga aquí)  

Lawyer from the Digna Ochoa Human Rights Center, who spoke on the events on the coast of Chiapas and the situation of the three prisoners from that center.(Descarga aquí)  

Member of the community of Mitzitón, who spoke on the situation currently lived by the community after the new attack by members of the paramlitary organization Army of God. For more than two weeks, 219 men, 302 women, and many children are living in the church and the community building, fearing new attacks.(Descarga aquí)  

Monthly report by the Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas Human Rights Center (in English). In this report the Frayba shares with its listeners the worrisome situation of conflict between Tzeltal indigenous peoples from the ejido of San Sebastián Bachajón in the northern zone of the state of Chiapas, Mexico, the underlying economic interests, and the struggle for control of the tourism resort of Agua Azul and natural resources. We listen to a communiqué by the adherents to the Other Campaign from Bachajón.

Monthly report by the Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas Human Rights Center (in Spanish). In this report the Frayba shares with its listeners the worrisome situation of conflict between Tzeltal indigenous peoples from the ejido of San Sebastián Bachajón in the northern zone of the state of Chiapas, Mexico, the underlying economic interests, and the struggle for control of the tourism resort of Agua Azul and natural resources. We listen to a communiqué by the adherents to the Other Campaign from Bachajón.