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Maestro Ulises Martínez and the 26th of September
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On September 26, 2014, life changed radically for today's teacher Ulises Martínez Juárez. Born in Tixtla, Guerrero, son of a community policeman, he was then a student at the Raúl Isidro Burgos Rural Normal School in Ayotzinapa. The night of Iguala marked him forever. His 43 disappeared classmates ache in the deepest part of his heart.
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Diego Enrique Osorno casts a cold eye on the current political climate in Mexico.
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We Denounce the Increase in Violence against Members of Frayba
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The Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas Center for Human Rights denounces the increase in attacks on its members and reaffirms its commitment to accompanying those who defend their human rights in Chiapas.
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Ayotzinapa: A Decade Without Truth or Justice
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September 26th will mark the tenth anniversary of the disappearance of the 43 students from the Raúl Isidro Burgos Rural Normal School in Ayotzinapa. Despite the disappointments and disparagement of the AMLO administration, the families of the 43 will continue to seek justice. This piece recounts five phases of their struggle.
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UN Expresses Deep Concern over Militarization of Public Security in Mexico
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Despite noting some positive developments, the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights observed continuing problems, such as arbitrary detention remaining a widespread in Mexico and expressed its deep concern about the militarization of public security, the concept of preventive detention, and the abuse of force during detentions in the country.
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The Lacandon “Is a Powder Keg,” Warn Those Displaced by Organized Crime
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"They denounced in the letter that they made public, that members of the Lacandon community are already part of organized crime groups, “Lacandon brothers have unfortunately allied themselves with criminals, endangering our rights as an ancestral indigenous people, placing our territories at the service of these organizations and controlling all families,” and those who oppose are threatened, and in some cases, disappeared, they said."
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A Marathon in the Mountains of the Mexican Southeast
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El Capitan describes how the Zapatista youth decided to celebrate the September 16th, Independence Day, and to promote 'el común'.
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Indigenous women from five collectives, concerned about the spread of organized crime in their communities.
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Indigenous women from across the state gathered in Tonalá this past weekend to analyze and share the struggles they face in their territories, to heal, and to strengthen their organization.
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These assemblies provide a much-needed forum for building networks and fortifying the efforts in each community.
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Schools for Chiapas is an international solidarity organization supporting autonomy in communities in resistance in Chiapas, Mexico. Our work depends on support from people of conscience everywhere.
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