21/03/2016
SIPAZ ACTIVITIES (from mid-August to the end of December, 2015)
SIPAZ – Quaterly Report
21/03/2016
The twentieth anniversary of the International Service for Peace (SIPAZ) in Mexico marked a great moment to reflect on and compile lessons learned after two decades of accompaniment to organized groups and peoples in the struggle for land and territory, justice, truth, and peace. Conscious of the fact that the most visible roles in organizational processes tend to be occupied by men, we believe it pertinent to elaborate material specifically about the situation of women and their participation in social struggles, avoiding the risk that the part they have played becomes watered down or relegated to second place as it has often happened. "Fighting With the Heart of a Woman " - The situation and participation of women in Chiapas (1995-2015)", arose from this, a diagnostic of the main changes of the last twenty years.
21/03/2016
At the end of November of 2015, the team and Board of Directors of the International Service for Peace (SIPAZ), together with more than 30 participants from different parts of Mexico and overseas, celebrated our 20th anniversary of presence in the south of Mexico. Although the permanence of SIPAZ for 20 years, despite the challenges that had to be faced can be seen as an achievement, it is still alarming that an international presence for peace is still necessary after this length of time. Even though, from this perspective there isn't much to celebrate, with two decades of existence of SIPAZ, we thought that we have great capital to share about what we have learned along the path. As Ana Maria Garcia of Services for an Alternative Education (Servicios para una EducaciĂłn Alternativa - EDUCA), Oaxaca, who gave a presentation at the event, "we are not celebrating that [fact that] the reality is the same but that we continue struggling with hope and dignity."
21/03/2016
In March of 2015, the report of the United Nations Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment of the High Commission noted the generalized character of torture and impunity had been seriously questioned by Mexican diplomacy. The second semester of 2015 was equally marked by reports and declarations which were critical of the different high level instances regarding the human rights situation in the country.
06/09/2015
ACCOMPANIMENT AND INTERNATIONAL PRESENCE CHIAPAS Highlands On July 22nd, we participated in the monthly commemoration of the Massacre of Acteal, where 45 people were murdered in [âŠ]
06/09/2015
“We must imagine how a new society might be.[…] There are many answers, many ways, many forms.And each of us will see what we are able [âŠ]
06/09/2015
“Because now, as for some time already, we see lights being lit in many corners.They are lights of rebellion and resistance.Sometimes they are small, like ours.Sometimes [âŠ]
06/09/2015
At nearly a year of the severe and unfortunate events in Iguala, when 43 students from the Raul Isidro Burgos Rural Normal School of Ayotzinapa were [âŠ]
06/09/2015
The forced disappearance of 43 students of the Normal Rural School of Ayotzinapa, Guerrero, in September of 2014 demonstrated the human rights crisis found in Mexico, [âŠ]
03/06/2015
INTERNATIONAL PRESENCE AND ACCOMPANIMENT CHIAPAS Northern Zone After a preparatory visit in February, we traveled through the lower zone of Tila for a week, conducting a [âŠ]
02/06/2015
On the night of New Years Eve, the cold and rain had descended on the Caracol II of Oventik in the Chiapas highlands. During the conclusion [âŠ]
02/06/2015
In November 2015, SIPAZ will celebrate 20 years of presence in Mexico, and we believe we have much to share regarding what we have learned on [âŠ]
02/06/2015
Transnational migration is a sharply expanding phenomenon. Each year, hundreds of thousands of people attempt to cross into the United States in search of work, income, [âŠ]
21/02/2015
INTERNATIONAL PRESENCE AND ACCOMPANIMENT CHIAPAS Highlands On 21 and 22 December, we attended the series of activities organized by the Las Abejas Civil Society to observe [âŠ]
21/02/2015
“What we want is to return. Because our lands and homes are there; all of our belongings are still there.”Petrona LĂłpez GirĂłn, displaced from Banavil “I [âŠ]
21/02/2015
“Investigative work is risky. These are issues that challenge the situation of those in high-ranking positions. We do this out of conviction, but it is a [âŠ]