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Since 1994, Educa A.C., as a civil organization, accompanies social movements, advises social organizations and indigenous communities in the defense of their social and civil rights, promotes civil and political education, advocates for the integral protection of human rights, and initiates projects of sustainable, rural development in the state of Oaxaca. As part of our strategy to promote civil and political education, we translate some of our publications into English and founded the Twitter account “Human Rights Oaxaca Mexico” to address an international audience. In the globalized world, we live in, today’s problems need to be viewed from different perspectives in order, to be solved. Therefore our work in English intends to give Oaxaca’s civil society a voice, create awareness and promote public dialogue. We cover topics such as social movements, gender and migration violence, territorial and environmental conflicts, indigenous resistance against transnational megaprojects, as well as other current issues Oaxaca’s civil society finds itself confronted with.

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The Diocese of Puerto Escondido expressed its full support to the communities in resistance to hydro project Paso de la Reina

Coinciding with the International Environment Day, the Bishop of the Diocese of Puerto Escondido, Pedro Vasquez Villalobos, conducted a Mass in which he expressed the full support of the diocese to the community of Paso de la Reina and other communities organized in the Council of Peoples United for the Defense of the Verde River (COPUDEVER). In relation to their…
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17 junio, 2014
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Police Operation after post-election conflict leaves several dead and wounded

On June 11, in the community of San Juan Cotzocón Mixe, there was an armed confrontation between members of the State Police and the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) group of Gorgonio Tomás Mateos, identified as a protégé of former PRI deputy, Jesus Madrid Jiménez. The confrontation, which ended with at least 8 killed, an unknown number of wounded and over…
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16 junio, 2014
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Every other day a woman is killed in the state of Oaxaca

The director of the civil association Consorcio for Parliamentary Dialogue and Equity Oaxaca, Ana María Hernández Cárdenas, reported that so far during the administration of Gabino Cue Monteagudo, 294 women have been killed, exceeding the figure of femicide murders during the previous government of Ulises Ruiz Ortiz. Only in the period from May 10 to 30, 10 murders of women…
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13 junio, 2014
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“Any consultation to be realized now is illegal”

“For us, any consultation to be realized now is illegal, because it should have taken place 10 years ago. Now we want respect for our common land, 68,154 hectares that we were recognized by presidential resolution in 1964″, complained Mariano Gómez López, spokesman for the Popular Assembly of the Juchiteco People (APPJ). Currently, there are more than 15 wind farms…
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13 junio, 2014
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“Right to life in Mexico: progress made but serious challenges remain,” warns UN expert on arbitrary executions

MEXICO / GENEVA (12 June 2014) – United Nations human rights expert Christof Heyns today warned that “violations of the right to life take place at an unacceptably high rate in Mexico.” Mr. Heyns urged the Mexican authorities to address the situation head on and put an end to impunity. “The realization of the right to life is under serious…
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13 junio, 2014
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Oaxaca’s wind farm surge produces clean power – and protests

JUCHITAN DE ZARAGOZA, México (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The ever-breezy Isthmus of Tehuantepec, a narrow land bridge between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans in Mexico’s southern state of Oaxaca, is turning into an international wind-farm mecca. At least a dozen companies from around the world, anxious to take advantage of Oaxaca’s abundant clean energy opportunities and Mexico’s access to carbon-reduction…
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11 junio, 2014
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Survivors of sexual violence call for governments to listen

As the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict starts in London, we hear the stories of three victims turned activists. One of the activists is Valentina Rosendo Cantú from Mexico, who has sought justice for her rape for 12 years. Read below an extract of her testimony: "In February 2002, when I was 17 years old, members of…
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11 junio, 2014