In another miscarriage of justice against indigenous defenders of peace, two council members of Pantelhó are sentenced to 110 years for a crime they had no part in.
Both Pedro Cortés and Diego Mendoza, “are tireless promoters and builders of peace, from non-violence in their region.”
We join human rights organizations across Mexico as they call for the immediate release of Mario Gómez López. 🚨Your signature helps!
Mario Gómez López, human rights defender in Chiapas and husband of human rights defender Pascuala López, was arbitrarily detained. His whereabouts are still unknown, and municipal, state and judicial authorities have refused to provide information.
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Five tseltal defenders from San Juan Cancuc are sentenced to 25 years without any evidence of their crime, representative of the rash of what Frayba refers to as the “factory of guilty parties” in Chiapas.
Chiapas: Conviction of Tseltal defenders confirms Mexico’s human rights crisis READ MORE »
Frayba Human Rights centers calls for precautionary measures for José Díaz, before the IAHCR. Unjustly detained for over a year and a half, the Zapatista support base suffers a risk to his health and life due to contagion and inhumane condition in detention.
We demand the immediate and unconditional release of José Díaz!
Frayba: Precautionary measures for EZLN Support Base proposed before the IACHR READ MORE »
As yet another failure for constitutional reform on indigenous right passes to the Congress, the trifecta of criminalization, militarization and organized crime lays seige to indigenous peoples across the Mexican countryside.
The War Against the Indigenous Peoples READ MORE »
