Xanica prisoners denounce lack of work and food at Pochutla Prison

TO THE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS We, the undersigned, Abraham Ramírez Vásquez, Noel and Juventino García Cruz, members of the Committee for Defense of Indigenous Rights (CODEDI) and the Popular Anti-neoliberal Oaxacan Coordinating Group (COMPA), denounce the following:…

APPO Second Anniversary

Part One of the “Los Dos Ojos” Series. by Mal de Ojo TV Two years after the beginning of the popular uprising in Oaxaca, a climate of impunity and political violence continues for the social movement. National and international human…

Documentary about Oaxaca – “From the Edge of the Blade”

On June 14th 2006, when police forces attacked thousands of striking teachers in Oaxaca, Mexico, the annual strike turned into a widespread popular rebellion, demanding the governors’ resignation. A broad social movement of teachers, social organizations, unions, students, activists, and…

Oaxaca’s Government Land Grab

by: Theresa Kleinhaus and Maya Schenwar, Truthout Original In villages across Oaxaca, where land has been owned communally for centuries, paramilitary groups are doing their bloody part to change the scene. Oaxaca and Chicago – On April 30, in the…

CODEDI denounces aggression against Abraham Ramírez Vázquez

The Committee for the Defense of Indigenous Rights (CODEDI) denounces aggression against Abraham Ramírez Vázquez On Thursday June 12 around 10:00 o’clock in the morning, the political prisoner Abraham Ramírez Vázquez was taken out of his cell for an audience…

Death Squads in Oaxaca

[ An AK-47 bullet entered Faustino Vásquez’s chest and exited through his shoulder. Another shot pierced his wrist. ] The Mexican government ignores the assassination of two community radio activists By John Gibler SAN JUAN COPALA, Mexico — Driving through…