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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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Military official sexually assaults woman human rights defender in Oaxaca English

Military official sexually assaults woman human rights defender in Oaxaca

Note: This allegation was voiced and formed within the “Communication and Defending Territory” workshop event held by Educa, Services for an Alternative Education. Until now, the official allegation has been imparted to the Mexican company ADO, and is being processed at the General Attorney’s Office. The district Attorney released a statement in which he confirmed that the preliminary inquiry against…
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10 julio, 2014
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Urgent Action: Illegal detention and transfer of CECOP leader to federal penitentiary – Tlachinollan English

Urgent Action: Illegal detention and transfer of CECOP leader to federal penitentiary – Tlachinollan

Date: 19/06/2014 FACTS:  On June 17th 2014 at 2:00 am, the General Attorney of Justice of the state of Guerrero instructed an operative to detain Marco Antonio Suastegui Munoz, historical leader of the Council of Ejidos and Communities Against the ‘La Parota’ Dam (CECOP). This farmers organization has been resisting the construction of ‘La Parota’ for 10 years now, in defence…
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23 junio, 2014
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Territorial invasion: Oaxacan community resist hydroelectric dam project English

Territorial invasion: Oaxacan community resist hydroelectric dam project

On the morning of June 5th, World Environment Day, cheers of welcome greeted Bishop Pedro Vásquez Villalobos of Puerto Escondido, as he entered the village of Paso de la Reina with a procession of humble priests in his wake. What followed was a politically inclined and powerful mass to underpin the village’s continued struggle against a hydroelectric dam construction on…
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20 junio, 2014
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Canada Found Guilty for Role in Mining Injustices in Latin America English

Canada Found Guilty for Role in Mining Injustices in Latin America

By act and by omission, the Canadian state has been found guilty for its role in human rights violations in Latin America as a result of its efforts to promote, sponsor and protect Canadian mining investments abroad. Five Canadian mining companies were also found guilty of related crimes. Hundreds of mining conflicts are taking place across Latin America, many in…
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18 junio, 2014
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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 English

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 English

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