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Interview with Vivian Newdick, Comité Hermanas González
Interview with Vivian Newdick of the Comité Hermanas González, regarding the case of three tzeltal women who were gang-raped by mexican soldiers at a military checkpoint in 1994, just months after the zapatista uprising. Discussion covers the difficult history of the sisters’ legal battle against the mexican military as well as recent developments in which the current governor of chiapas has attempted to settle the case with an offer of money — but without any acknowledgment of wrongdoing on the part of the soldiers.
Detention and harassment of independent journalists in Chiapas
Independent journalists and social network communicators in Chiapas are detained and harassed.