Members of the "Other Campaign" activist network marched in Mexico City Aug. 26 in protest of the recent evictions [2] of campesino communities from the Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve in the conflicted southern state of Chiapas. (Expreso Chiapas [3], Aug. 27) On Aug. 31, Amnesty International issued a statement calling for an "immediate" suspension of evictions from the reserve. The statement expressed concern about the health conditions at the shelter in La Trinitaria where the expelled campesinos—including two pregnant women—are being held. The organization also expressed concern about the six arrested in the evictions, calling for their release and for transparency in the cases against them. (La Jornada [4], Sept. 2)
See our last posts on the Mexico [5] and the struggle in Chiapas [6].
