On 7 May, relatives of Loxicha prisoner Zacarías Pascual García López denounced the inhumane treatment, psychological torture, and isolation that Zacarías has suffered for 11 months in the Federal Center for Social Readaptation (CEFERESO) located in Mengolí de Morelos, Miahuatlán, Oaxaca.  “We are only allowed a four-hour visit once a month; we cannot touch him because they threaten to cancel…

The chickens run between the rows of crops at Don Celestino Bartolo’s ranch, a farmer who wipes the sweat from his brow after sowing what may be his last harvest of corn. Rosalino, his son, milks his cows and points with sadness toward the place where they used to fish. A huge wind turbine stands there now–one of 117 installed…

Human rights defender at Educa Oaxaca, Marcos Leyva Madrid, attended a Human Rights forum organized by the European Commission in Brussels earlier this week. This year’s European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) 2014 ‘Protecting Those Who Protect’, whose aim is to provide support for the promotion of democracy and human rights in non-EU countries, focused on Human Rights…

Mexico City, Mexico - A huddle of tents is conspicuously positioned in front of the federal attorney general's offices in Mexico City. The encampment, adorned with signs that declare "justice for Bety Carino and Jyri Jaakola" and "Hunger strike: Day 11", marks as a visual anomaly in the trendy district of Zona Rosa. Inside, six people on hunger strike are physically…