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Monday, 06 August 2007 |
RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF COMMUNITIES
IN OAXACA FROM PACIFICA NATIONAL BOARD
July 28, 2007
Whereas, Ulises Ruiz Ortiz is accused of being responsible for human rights abuses against a mainly Indigenous population, against teachers on strike and against anyone who speaks out against this repression;
Whereas, Amnesty International in 2005, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in October 2006 and the International Civil Commission for Human Rights Observation in December 2006, have reported extensive and systematic human rights violations, including assassinations, torture, rapes (of women and men) and arbitrary detention in Oaxaca state;
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