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22 de Junio, 2007
Mexican Supreme Court to Investigate Oaxaca Oppression
Categorized under Oaxaca | Tags: Bradley Roland Will, Hope, Oaxaca, Ruiz
THE CITY WHERE JUSTICE CANNOT SLEEP:
The Supreme Court of Mexico has decided to appoint a commission to investigate serious violations of human rights which occurred in Oaxaca between May 2006 and January of 2007.
Those violations included the attack on sleeping protesters on June 14, 2006 and the subsequent murder of at least 25 sympathizers of the popular movement, along with 575 arbitrary detentions and more than 300 wounded. As of yet, nobody has been charged with any of those crimes. The alleged murderers of the US journalist Brad Will were jailed and promptly released.
According to Noticias of June 20, the Court justices rejected the attempt by Ulises Ruiz Ortiz (also known as “URO”) to prevent the investigation, after he said he “accepted the recommendations” of the National Commission for Human Rights (CNDH). URO’s lawyers argued that such “acceptance” was sufficient.
The Court stated it is not.
—NarcoNews, Mexico’s Supreme Court Accepts the Case of Oaxaca
Right on.
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Comentarios (3)
luisa dijo:
you'd think this would stop them from arresting people.
a friend forwarded me this when i read this post to her:
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June 18, 2007 - Alianza MagonistaZapatista:
DENUNCIATION BY THE MAGONISTA-ZAPATISTA ALLIANCE
alianzamagonistazapatista@yahoo.com.mx
The members of the Magonista-Zapatista Alliance (AMZ) strongly denounce
the little dictator of Oaxaca Ulises Ruin Ortiz (URO).
Today at 4:00 in the afternoon, a heavily armed Oaxaca state police
commando unit, along with the police who have the town of Xanica under
siege, burst into the house of our indigenous comrade Cesar Luis Días like
a bolt from the blue and arrested him without a warrant, disregarding the
presence of his three small children.
Comrade Cesar is a member of the Committee for the Defense of Indigenous
Rights of Santiago Xanica (CODEDI), a council member of the APPO, one of
the founders of the AMZ (adherent to the Other Campaign) and member of the
Popular Anti-neoliberal Oaxacan Magonista Coordinating Body (COMPA). (en
español)
It’s important to mention that, in keeping with this outrageous assault,
on January 15, 2005, during the first month of URO’s regime, the same
police under his command arrested three members of the same organization,
Abraham García Vásquez, Juventino García Cruz, and Noel Garcia Cruz. After
more than two years, they have not been sentenced and the government has
not been able to prove their responsibility in any of the offenses with
which the tyrant of Oaxaca has charged them.
We hold Sergio García Cruz responsible for these acts of repression; he is
the municipal president imposed by URO and immediately responsible for
informing URO of the participation of our comrades in the mobilizations.
We demand that the Calderón government keep its hands off Oaxaca and that
the dictator URO resign.
Freedom for all political prisoners in Mexico
Without freedom there is no democracy.
Respectfully,
Magonista-Zapatista Alliance
Committee for the Defense of Indigenous Rights of Santiago Xanica (CODEDI)
Indian Organizations for Human Rights in Oaxaca (OIDHO)
Autonomous Magonista Collective (CAMA)
Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Mexico (APPO)
Palabras por luisa spat forth on el 22 de Junio, 2007 at 05:59 PM
nezua limón xolagrafik-jonez dijo:
i know!! i got that the other day. they just wont let up.
that was the 18th, this article came out today. i know it doesnt mean for sure thats' the order of the happenings, but for all we know, this supreme court decision was influenced by the arrest. which would be cool.
either way, i hope alllll the truth comes out.
Palabras por nezua limón xolagrafik-jonez spat forth on el 22 de Junio, 2007 at 06:13 PM
Changeseeker dijo:
Whoa! Just think what that would look like...if alllll the truth were to come out. Whew!
Palabras por Changeseeker spat forth on el 23 de Junio, 2007 at 06:44 AM