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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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“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
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Mexico’s 160 Indigenous Conflicts: A National Conflagration – Part II: Land Use and Social Conflicts

More than 160 conflicts in 24 states have been documented up to February of this year in a preliminary report by the Committee for Dialogue with Indigenous Peoples of Mexico (CDPIM) of the Secretariat of Government Relations . In addition to Nayarit and San Luis Potosi, land conflicts also exist in Sonora, Jalisco, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Morelos, Puebla and Veracruz. But…
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4 junio, 2014
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Mexico’s 160 Indigenous Conflicts: A National Conflagration – Part I: Megaprojects and Crime

Nationwide, conflicts are increasing between indigenous peoples and the authorities or private interests over land, water and public safety. More than 160 conflicts in 24 states have been documented up until February of this year in a preliminary report by the Committee for Dialogue with Indigenous Peoples of Mexico (CDPIM) of the Secretariat of Government Relations . At a legal…
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3 junio, 2014
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Private agents in service of mining interests detain ex-deputy Flavio Sosa

Ten armed agents working for the private security firm GIA Private Armed Security detained the former federal and local deputy Flavio Sosa Villavicencio recently for 20 minutes.  This took lace when F. Sosa was taking photos of three trailers belonging to the Canadian Fortuna Silver Mines that were traveling on the Oaxaca-Puerto Ángel highway.  They were escorted by patrols belonging to the cited…
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3 junio, 2014
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NAFTA, Insecurity, Power Vacuums y Violence in Rural Mexico

If the fields are burning, it is not only due to the “bad guys”–the drug cartels, hit men and thugs and much less to the self-defense forces, community police groups or farmers defending their territories. Rural Mexico is experiencing a crisis in human security crisis, where criminal violence is not the only factor present or the main cause. The drastic…
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2 junio, 2014