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Libertad para los 5 presos politicos de San Sebastian Bachajon!!

Desde Italia también respondemos al llamado del Movimiento por Justicia del Barrio de Nueva York (EE.UU.), adherente a la Otra Campaña. Un llamado a unir todos y todas,  adentro de “5 Días de Acción Mundo por los 5 de Bachajón”, por qué sean inmediatamente puestos en libertad y que se haga justicia.

Y lo hicimos en diferentes ciudades en este día del 2 de abril, adentro de todas las manifestaciónes en contra de la guerra y en contra la cultura de la guerra, en todas sus formas, incluida la que sufren en México los y las adherentes a la Otra Campaña que luchan por sus derechos y su tierra, sufriendo continuos ataques por parte de todos los niveles del mal gobierno y de los grupos paramilitares.

Hasta que no haya seguridad que los gobiernos federal y estatal dejará de obedecer a las órdenes de las multinacionales, la comunidad de San Sebastián Bachajón defenderà  la tierra y las fuentes de la energía, para protegerles de la destrucción y los desequilibrios ecológicos producidos por las multinacionales de todo el mundo .

“Estamos presos unicamente en cambio de nuestras tierras”, denuncian los compañeros detenidos ilegalmente. Denuncian que funcionarios del gobierno han presionado  l@s presos, adentro de la prisón, para que acepten un diálogo que debería concluirse con la apropiación del territorio que lleva a las cascadas de Agua Azul por el gobierno.  En el mentre la comunidad de Bachajón fue reprimida duramente durante las protestas.

Gracias a las protestas y manifestaciones de solidaridad y al trabajo constante de difusión de los medios  nacionales e internacionales independiente, autónomo y libre  , muchos de los presos políticos de S. Sebastián Bachajón han sido liberados, sólo cinco siguen presos.

Por esta razón seguimos con las movilizaciones junto con muchos y muchas en todo el mundo, con el fin de exigir al gobierno represivo de Chiapas, dirigido por Juan Sabines Guerrero, la liberación de los cinco de Bachajón y cualquier y todos y todas l@s pres@s políticos.

Justicia, Tierra y Libertad para los habitantes del ejido de San Sebastian Bachajón!
Ya Basta à  la agresión en contra de los adherentes a la Otra Campaña!

Asociaciòn Ya Basta! Italia

link y fotos su ww.globalproject.info

llamado por los 5 de Bachajon
2 april: fotos y acciònes por los 5 de Bachajon – Ya Basta! Italia

Italia 2 april 2011: todas las informaciones sovre el dia nacional de mobilitaciones en contra de la guerra y en solidariedad con l@s migrantes que llegan en Italia desde Tunisia y Libia

Juntos por la liberrtad! Caravana Ya Basta! desde Tunisia hasta la Libia

In italiano:

Libertà per i cinque prigionieri politici di San Sabestian Bachajon!!

Anche dall’Italia rispondiamo all’appello del Movimento per la Giustizia del Barrio di New York (USA), aderente alla Otra Campaña. Un appello ad unirci, tutte e tutti, in 5 giorni di azione a livello mondiale per i 5 di Bachajon, perché vengano immediatamente messi in libertà e perché sia fatta giustizia.

E lo abbiamo fatto in questa giornata del 2 aprile, all’interno delle manifestazioni CONTRO LA GUERRA E CONTRO LA CULTURA DELLA GUERRA, in tutte le sue forme, anche quella che stanno subendo in Messico gli aderenti alla Otra Campaña che si battono per i loro diritti e la loro terra, subendo attacchi continui da parte di tutti i livelli del mal governo e delle bande paramilitari.

Finchè non ci sarà la garanzia che i governi federali e statali smetteranno d’obbedire agli ordini delle multinazionali, la comunità di San Sebastian Bachajon difenderà la terra e le fonti d’energia, proteggendole dalla distruzione e dai disequilibri ecologici prodotti dalle multinazionali ovunque nel mondo.

“Ci tengono prigionieri unicamente in cambio delle nostre terre”, hanno denunciato i compagni illegalmente arrestati. Denunciano il fatto che rappresentanti governativi hanno fatto pressione  in prigione  per fargli accettare un “dialogo” che si sarebbe dovuto concludere con l’appropriazione del territorio che porta alle cascate di Agua Azul da parte del governo. Nel  frattempo la comunità di Bachajon veniva duramente repressa durante le proteste.

Grazie alle mobilitazioni e alle dimostrazioni di solidarietà nazionali e internazionali  e al lavoro sempre costante dei mezzi di diffusione indipendenti, autonomi e liberi, molti dei prigionieri politici di S. Sebastián Bachajón sono stati liberati, solo in 5 rimangono ancora prigionieri.

Per questo continuiamo le mobilitazioni insieme a tante e tanti ovunque nel mondo, al fine di esigere dal governo repressivo del Chiapas, guidato da Juan Sabines Guerrero la liberazione dei cinque di Bachajon e di tutte e tutti prigionieri politici.

Giustizia, Terra e Libertà per gli abitanti dell’ejido di di San Sabestian Bachajon!!
Stop alle aggressioni contro gli aderenti alla Otra Campaña!

Associazione Ya Basta! Italia

Sign the letter to demand the freedom of the 5 peasants detained in Bachajón, Chiapas, Mexico, for defending their natural resources. This letter will be sent to:

• President of Mexico: Lic. Felipe Calderón.
• Governor of the state of Chiapas: Lic. Juan Sabines.
• General Secretary of Governance of the state of Chiapas: Dr. Noé Castañón León.
• President of the Supreme Tribunal of Justice of the State of Chiapas: Dr. Juan Gabriel Coutiño Gómez.

Español http://www.europazapatista.org/Firmas-por-la-Libertad-de-Presos.html
Francés http://www.europazapatista.org/Signatures-pour-la-liberation-des.html
Inglés http://www.europazapatista.org/Signatures-for-the-freedom-of-the.html
Italiano http://www.europazapatista.org/Firme-per-la-liberta-dei.html

The past February the 3rd, 117 indigenous tseltal peasants (ejidatarios) from San Sebastián Bachajón, municipality of Chilón, in Chiapas, Mexico, were detained in an arbitrary manner.

The detained people, which are adherent to ‘La Otra Campaña’ said that, among the several irregularities in their legal process, they were not provided with a defendant lawyer or qualified translation to their mother language. Also, they were threatened by the local police and harassed by the Public Ministry personnel.
The detention of the peasants occurred near to the entry to ‘Cascadas de Agua Azul’ while they were on a meeting discussing their response to the local government about the offering of a dialogue round-table between the involved parts. The local police performed massive detentions, and went after the people who looked for safe in the houses of the neighbourhood.

The next day, February the 4th, the interrogation and the discharge of evidence started, the sodium rodizonate test was performed to the detainees, they were forced to give samples of urine to perform toxicological tests, and the peasants referred that during all the process they were not assisted by a lawyer or a qualified translator according their own culture and language.

Their testimonials refer that during their declarations at the Ministry of Justice, they were threatened by the police and harassed by the employees of the State Ministry.

According to sources, in February the 5th at approximately 02:00 hours, the local Ministry of Justice of the State of Chiapas freed 107 peasants and, at 20:00 hours, ten people were consigned –among them one underage boy- to the Penal Court ‘Playas de Catazajá’, and then sent to the state prison Centro Estatal para la Reinserción Social de Sentenciados No. 17 (CERSS No. 17) in the municipality of Playas de Catazajá, Chiapas, being accused of qualified homicide, attempt of homicide, attacks to the peace and to the corporal integrity and attacks to the State patrimony, all included in the penal file No 39/2011.

A few days later, 5 prisoners were freed, but 5 other peasants from ejido de San Sebastián Bachajón remained imprisoned.

Being conscious of the violation of the Human Rights of the peasants of San Sebastián Bachajón -adherents to ‘La Otra Campaña’- in their struggle for the preservation of their rights to territory and the right to be informed and consulted, we demand to the authorities of this country as well as to the Ministry of Justice the following:

1. The immediate freedom of Jerónimo Guzmán Méndez, Domingo Pérez Álvaro, Domingo García Gómez, Juan Aguilar Guzmán y Mariano Demeza Silvano.
2. A serious, exhaustive, and based-on-truth investigation of all the events that occurred in February the 2nd, and a sanction to the personnel in charge of the administration of justice in the state of Chiapas, who incurred in violations of the Human Rights.
3. The respect to the right to territory of the indigenous peoples, right which the peasants of San Sebastián Bachajón are vigorously working for.
4. The cease of the harassment and the aggressions towards the indigenous communities, grass-root social workers, and human rights defenders.
5. The respect to the human rights of persons and peoples.

Inspired by the call to action sent out by the dignified people of Movement for Justice en El Barrio, Montréal held two events that called for the liberation of the political prisoners still being detained for defending their land in San Sebastián Bachajón, Chiapas. First, on the 28th of March, we hosted an event with Juan and Maria from the Movement for Justice in El Barrio. At this event they presented us with two videos, one of their struggle in New York and then they screened the first video message from San Sebastián Bachajón made in collaboration with Movement for Justice in El Barrio. There were people there to listen with their hearts and see with their eyes the words of the people in San Sebastián Bachajón and inform themselves about their struggle for their land and against the bad government and its police forces. The people in the audience asked questions about the situation in Chiapas, particularly in Bachajón. Maria read out a message from women in Chiapas written for all women in struggle throughout the world, and the entire audience joined in the call in support of the women in struggle. At the end of the event, we gathered the names and contacts of people interested in coming together to watch the second video message from San Sebastián Bachajón and talk together about how we could continue to support the struggle of the people of Bachajón here in Canada.

In the morning of the 30 of March, we held a protest in front of the Mexican Consulate in Montréal. We made lots of noise with a megaphone, explaining to all passers why we were there, and explaining to them the situation in San Sebastián Bachajón. In making the call for the liberation of the 5 prisoners, we caught the attention of the police and the consulate. The police let us continue after speaking with us a bit and asking who the person responsible for the action was (nobody! everybody!) and the man they sent from the consulate took notes of our explanation of why we were there protesting. We passed out flyers with information to those passing in the streets, and many people asked us why we were protesting. The protest was successful in garnering attention for the prisoners and we think with we could hold another protest to put more pressure on the consulate here to call for the liberation of the prisoners in Bachajón, because defending their land is not a crime.

In the next days we are going to hold a meeting here in Montréal to see the second video message together and decide how we can continue to put pressure on the bad government of Mexico until they liberate the prisoners of Bachajón, who are being held under false charges. We are very inspired by the struggle of the people of Bachajón and we were touched by the voices and faces of the women and men in struggle for their land and waterfalls, and standing up for their dignity. Here in Montréal we recognize that an injustice to one is an injustice to all, and because of this we are going to continue the call for the liberation of the prisoners and for autonomous control of their territory by the people fo San Sebastián Bachajón.

Thank you for sharing your struggle, your words and your dreams with us.

May the struggle continue!

Long live the people in struggle!

San Sebastián Bachajón ejido – adherents to the other campaign and to the sixth declaration of the lacandon jungle, Chiapas, Mexico. march 28, 2011.

to our compañeros and compañeras of the national and international other campaign

to our compañeros and compañeras of the zezta international

to the civil society in mexico and the world

to the independent, autonomous, and free media

Compañeros and compañeras: From the northern part of Chiapas, receive our greetings of solidarity and affection, compañeros and compañeras of New York and your allies.

On behalf of our organization, we want to thank everyone, from New York and other places, who is participating in the 5 Days of Action for the 5 Political Prisoners of San Sebastián Bachajón. We hope that you can realize this action in your own form of struggle. At present, we have little knowledge about the status of our 5 compañeros who were unjustly kidnapped by the bad, repressive government as a way of pressuring us into signing an agreement that would enable the government to takeover our lands. These lands are an inheritance left to us by our ancestors. The government has sought extensively the means to end our struggle – which is one of men and women who have the dignity to defend the little that we have: Our lands and their resources, which are, for us, an ancestral treasure. At the same time, we are filled with pride and happiness to know that you all are supporting us from New York in our struggles to defend our land and territory and to construct our just autonomy. On the other hand, however, we are filled with outrage to know that this bad governor Juan Sabines Guerrero, despite all the violence, has not cared about the lives of human beings like ourselves. We hope that the compas from Movement for Justice in El Barrio in New York can realize their activities on April 1 through the 5, since we are looking forward to them and also in the process of realizing our own action, for which at present we do not have an exact date. In thanks for your solidarity and the great support you are sending us in San Sebastian Bachajón, we send a cordial greeting to everyone.

It is worth it. Health, love, and happiness.
Attentively,

Land and freedom!

Zapata lives, the struggle continues!

San Sebastián Bachajón ejido – adherents to the other campaign

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• El gobierno crea y administra conflictos para cumplir con la agenda de despojo y privatización

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Libertad a los presos políticos de Bachajón

Los hechos perpetrados en Chiapas, durante febrero y marzo, por los gobiernos de Felipe Calderón y Juan Sabines, con la participación del Ejército, la policía federal, la policía estatal, el grupo paramilitar Ejército de Dios- Alas de Águila y otro grupo priista, arrojaron luz nuevamente sobre una realidad que no terminó con el cambio de colores en el poder: la violencia de estado y los presos de conciencia.

Además del enfrentamiento provocado por un grupo de choque priista con saldo de un muerto y varios heridos en la caseta de las Cascadas de Agua Azul y la agresión paramilitar a ejidatarios de Mitzitón, el 3 y el 13 de febrero respectivamente, hubo 136 detenidos, 117 del ejido San Sebastián Bachajón más los 19 detenidos el 22 de febrero, integrantes del Consejo Regional Autónomo de la Zona Costa de Chiapas y los tres abogados del Centro de DDHH Digna Ochoa.

Las movilizaciones locales y nacionales e internacionales han obligado a la liberación de la mayoría, pero quedan aún cinco ejidatarios de Bachajón injustamente presos en el penal de Playas de Catazajá.

Los presos de Bachajón se suman a las decenas de presos de conciencia que purgan condenas injustas en los penales de Chiapas, como los presos políticos de La Voz del Amate, los solidarios con La Voz del Amate y adherentes de Mitzitón.

Varias veces los presos organizados en la Voz del Amate, La Voz de los Llanos y los solidarios con ellos, además de organizaciones de familiares y compañeros como Voces Inocentes y Pueblo Creyente, con apoyo de la Otra Campaña en Chiapas, han realizado huelgas de hambre, sin que el mal gobierno responda, si no es con más represión y campañas de prensa en las que el gobernador Sabines Guerrero se autoelogia como “vanguardia en derechos humanos”.

En febrero, estuvieron en huelga de hambre, en Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Violeta Cruz, esposa del preso de la Otra Campaña Armando Méndez Núñez, y su hija Orbelina Méndez Cruz, de 13 años; Agrentina Gutiérrez, esposa de Amílcar Méndez Núñez y el hermano: Pedro Méndez Núñez. Su plantón fue hostigado por el mal gobierno de Chiapas. Al final, las obligaron por la fuerza a cesar la huelga. Lograron la liberación de Armando Méndez, pero sigue injustamente preso Amílcar Méndez

En delicado estado de salud por su huelga de hambre están Juan Collazo Jiménez y Ramón de Jesús Ruiz Rodas, presos de la Voz del Amate.

Además volvieron a detener al director del centro de DDHH Digna Ochoa Nataniel Hernández Núñez y a otras cuatro personas, aunque tuvieron que liberarlos gracias a la defensa jurídica.

Ese es el verdadero rostro de criminalización de los luchadores sociales y violencia del gobierno contra el pueblo en Chiapas. La causa de la violencia, denunciada por el Centro de DDHH Fray Bartolomé de las Casas, es que el gobierno crea y administra los conflictos para cumplir una agenda de despojo y privatización del territorio.

Por ello el Movimiento por Justicia del Barrio, la Otra Nueva York, ha llamado a cinco días de movilizaciones por los cinco presos de Bachajón del 1 al 5 de abril. Además, continúa la campaña Miles de Rabias, Vivan las Comunidades Zapatistas.

¡Presos políticos libertad!

¡Fuera ejército y paramilitares de Chiapas!

¡Alto a la militarización y paramilitarización del país!

¡Vivan las autonomías zapatistas e indígenas!

El martes 5 de abril proyectaremos el documental Viva México, de Nicolás Defossé, y los videomensajes del los ejidatarios de San Sebastián Bachajón, en el  Salón Azul, a las 16:00 horas.

Estudiantes de Humanidades y los colectivos Independencia, Nauatik y Zapateando

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Informe desde Londres, Inglaterra

“5 Días de Acción Mundial por los 5 de Bachajón”

Londres a 1 de Abril de 2011

A nuestr@s hermanas y hermanos del ejido San Sebastián Bachajón:

A nuestr@s hermanas y hermanos zapatistas:

A nuestr@s compañer@s de La Otra Campaña:

En una tarde despejada y con luz clara nos juntamos varios y varias que pensamos que la solidaridad no conoce de pasaportes, visas o fronteras. Afuera de la embajada de México en Londres nos reunimos para demandar la liberación de los cinco presos políticos de San Sebastián Bachajón. Hubo compañeros que vinieron de muy lejos hasta Londres para demostrar su apoyo en esta jornada convocada por Movimiento por Justicia del Barrio. Con música y repartiendo volantes, justo enfrente de la Embajada, realizamos esta acción.

Nosotros sabemos que la lucha que nuestros hermanos y hermanas de Bachajón están dando es una lucha digna y justa.  Entendemos que los de arriba quieren intimidarlos, hacer que el miedo los paralice y que así se acostumbren a la violencia inherente al despojo, a ya no reclamar sus derechos y a caminar con la cabeza agachada. ¿De qué otra forma puede explicarse la detención arbitraria de 117 personas? ¿Y la gran presencia militar y policial en la zona? ¿Cómo es posible que cinco compañeros continúen en la cárcel aún?

Pero los esfuerzos publicitarios del gobierno de México y del gobernador de Chiapas, Juan Sabines no engañan a nadie. Los compañeros presos son rehenes del Estado y sólo con la movilización habremos de arrancárselos.

Hermanos, hermanas, su valentía y su rebeldía son una gran muestra, un gran ejemplo que a nosotros nos llega hasta acá.  Queremos que sepan que nos da mucho orgullo poder llamarlos así, hermanos y hermanas, y que vemos en el rincón de la selva chiapaneca del digno ejido de San Sebastián Bachajón, una luz de esperanza que alumbra hasta donde estamos.

Nosotras y nosotros, a pesar de las distancias, desde acá los estamos acompañando. Exigimos un alto a la represión en contra de La Otra Campaña en Chiapas así como la liberación inmediata de los 5 hermanos que continúan en la cárcel.

¡Presos Políticos Libertad!

¡Viva la resistencia organizada y digna de San Sebastián Bachajón!

¡Viva La Otra Campaña!

UK Zapatista Network

Video Message from Our Sisters & Brothers of San Sebastian Bachajon

“5 Days of Worldwide Action for the Bachajón 5”

April 1, 2011

To our sisters and brothers of the Ejido of San Sebastian Bachajón:

To our Zapatista sisters and brothers:
To our compañer@s of The Other Campaign:
To our compañer@s of the Zezta Internazional:
To the adherents of the International Campaign in Defense of El Barrio
and our allies across the world:
To the civil society in Mexico and the world:

We would like to share with you the third update on the call to action for the “5 Days of Worldwide Action for the Bachajón 5” on April 1 – 5.

Receive embraces from Movement for Justice in El Barrio, The Other Campaign.

Today being the first day of the “5 Days of Worldwide Action for the Bachajón 5”, we would like to share with you the new video message “Second Message from San Sebastian Bachajon”.

The new video message includes what has happened since the Worldwide Day of Action for the Liberation of the Political Prisoners of San Sebastian Bachajon up to now. They also send special messages to everyone that took part in the actions at both the national and international level. It also includes images of the actions that were organized worldwide in different corners of the world.

We ask that you help disseminate the video message broadly placing it on websites and sharing it with others. Here is the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YRULc-2cBY

We also want to let you know that beginning today the dignified people of the following countries and cities will participate in the “5 Days of Worldwide Action for the Bachajón 5”: distinct groups from Mexico, India, South Africa, London, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Canada, the Basque Country, Endinburgh, Barcelona, Dorset, Gasgow, Argentina, France, Manchester, Lancaster, Exeter and New York.

That is all for now, compas.

We send you embraces of love and solidarity.

From El Barrio, NYC.

Movement for Justice in El Barrio
The Other Campaign New York