SIPAZ – Quaterly Report

18/09/2024

ARTICLE: Strengthening the Heart to Continue Building Peace

After 25 years working at the Commission for Support for Community Unity and Reconciliation (CORECO C.A.), Alejandra Rojas Chavez will close this cycle of her life at the end of this year 2024. In an interview, she shared with us her experiences, learnings and the processes she has accompanied during her collaboration with this organization.
30/06/2024

ARTICLE: Ecumenism and Networking, Paths of Hope for Chiapas

In April 2024, at the facilities of the Institute of Intercultural Studies and Research C.A., a change of direction of the organization was made. Ernesto Martin Guerrero Zavala left office and Gerardo Torres Estrada took over as the new director.
30/06/2024

FOCUS: I name you, Mexico, a country of disappeared people

For some years now, various human rights organizations and groups of searching families have been documenting and denouncing the crisis of disappearances in Mexico. In 2023, people spoke with surprise about the alarming figure that had been reached: 100 thousand missing people; today there are more than 116 thousand.
30/06/2024

LATEST: Elections amid High Levels of Political Violence

In March, the High Commissioner for Human Rights of the United Nations (UN), Volker Türk, said that the electoral process underway in Mexico “must be safeguarded from violence.” On June 2nd, these elections will lead to the appointment of more than 20,000 public officials, including the head of state, as well as members of both chambers of Congress and a wide range of representatives and state and local authorities.
22/03/2024

ARTICLE: 30th Anniversary of the Zapatista Uprising

After much speculation and rumors, the official invitation to the 30th anniversary of the armed uprising of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) was finally published on December 24th, after a series of 20 communiqués that explain its reading of the moment and the strategic option of the movement for the future.
22/03/2024

FOCUS: Southern Border and Sierra trapped in the middle of relentless terror

Civil society organizations in Chiapas joined their voices to highlight and demand that the situation of violence that has been experienced since 2021 in the border and mountain region of the state be recognized and addressed,
22/03/2024

LATEST: 2024 Elections, under fire?

In January, the report “Voting Under Fire: Understanding Political-Criminal Violence in Mexico” was presented, which documents that in 2023 there were 574 incidents of political-criminal violence. 264 of them were against public officials or candidates for elected office, says Data Civica, the consulting firm behind the report.
16/12/2023

FOCUS: Arbitrary detentions; a frequent practice, pain and injustice in Mexico

According to various reports from Mexican and international human rights organizations, arbitrary detentions are a recurring practice in Mexico. This phenomenon involves the arrest of individuals without valid justification or illegally,