In Edinburgh, a demonstration on the main street of the city was carried out to join the day of action for the release of San Sebastian Bachajon Prisoners. Demanding, the federal and Chiapas state governments to stop the repression against communities in resistance, both Zapatistas and adherents to The Other Campaign
Stop the Repression in Indigenous Communities
IN CHIAPAS, MEXICO, the last 2 years has seen a new phase of attacks against self-organised indigenous communities, such as the Zapatistas and those who adhere to the Zapatista-initiated Other Campaign. These attacks, primarily made by state-sponsored paramilitaries, have been linked by the Fray Bartolomé Human Rights Centre, to the Tourist Plan for Chiapas, a corporate tourism project. A plan that will not benefit local communities. The Mexican government will have to evict the indigenous communities from the land that is located in the project areas, because they will never sell. The government's strategy is to use paramilitary groups to take over this land and then buy it from these groups. The Zapatistas have successfully stopped paramilitary land grabs near the Bolon Ajaw waterfalls and the El Salvador Spa Resort near Agua Clara. Paramilitary attacks have also hampered the development of autonomous education and health services by Zapatista communities, but these attacks have also been successfully resisted.
Agua Azul Waterfalls
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