PBI Mexico: Defending Defenders A Discussion with Mexican Human Rights Activists


Mexico City- 8 April 2013.
URGENT COMMUNIQUÉ
Opposition to the wind-power project in San Dionisio del Mar
In March 8th we received notice of the cruel Front for Struggle (FNL), the Coordination of Popular, Indigenous, Religious, Workers' and Campesino Organisations of the Oriente (COPIISCO) and the Camotán Campesino Association of the department of Chiquimula, municipality of Camotán. According to the information received he was killed by shots fired from another vehicle on his return from a trip from Honduras.
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Press Release
National Network Communication and Urgent Action of WHRDs (Red Nacional de Comunicación y Acción Urgente de Defensoras de Derechos Humanos en México)
Press Release
URGENT PRESS RELEASE (Update)
Oaxaca, Oax.- In the Isthmus of Tehuantepec tension has risen among communities which are resisting the entry of a wind energy company.