2nd EMERGENCY HUMANITARIAN DELEGATION TO OAXACA (MEXICO)
WHEN: February 10-16, 2007
WHY: VICTIMS OF ONGOING REPRESSION IN OAXACA ASK FOR CONTINUED
INTERNATIONAL PRESENCE & ATTENTION
IF INTERESTED, CONTACT: info@oaxacasolidarity.org.
COST: US$540 ($90/day), that covers room & board, travel, trip planning and
hosting, translations, etc. Delegates are responsible for their own travel
arrangements and costs to and from Oaxaca.
WHAT: The RODH (Red Oaxaqueña de Derechos Humanos/ Oaxacan Human Rights
Network) has again invited the Oaxaca Solidarity Network and Rights Action
to continue with their work increasing the international presence and
awareness about the situation in Oaxaca, by organizing educational
delegations to Oaxaca to learn about development, environment and human
rights issues in Oaxaca, and to develop and build on international
solidarity and activism efforts.
This 2nd delegation follows on the December 16-22, 2006 human rights
educational delegation organized by the Oaxacan Solidarity Network
(sponsored by Rights Action). 20 delegates — including human rights
lawyers, journalists, authors, investigators, graduate students and
activists — met with Oaxacan human rights organizations, victims of
repression, leaders of grassroots non-governmental organizations and
government officials. Reports, articles, documentaries, testimonies,
photographs, etc, produced by members of the 1st delegation will soon be
available at www.oaxacasolidarity.org. (Contact info@rightsaction.org for
articles and testimonies, as well)
ITINERARY: During the 6 days in Oaxaca, delegates will meet with families
of the murdered, tortured, detained and disappeared, leaders of the popular
movement, human rights activists, journalists, indigenous rights
organizations … and possibly with government and judicial authorities. The
itinerary includes a day-long trip to Tlaxiaco, in the Mixteca Alta region,
where delegates will meet with the human rights organization Nu'u Ji Kaandi,
and people who recently were arbitrarily detained because of their
participation in the non-violent social movement.
WHO: We invite ANY person or organization to join our delegation, including
concerned citizens, activists, journalists, lawyers, professors, students
and others, who, upon return to the U.S. or Canada, will work to put the
current abuses into the international spotlight.
The goals of the educational delegation are twofold: to provide an in-depth
understanding of the Oaxacan popular movement and the situation of
government repression, and to spread that awareness widely upon the
delegates' return to North America. The pressure of global solidarity and
activism can help curb the violence, arbitrary detentions and murders of
Oaxacans involved in the movement for true democracy and a politics based on
hope, respect and justice.
The OAXACA SOLIDARITY NETWORK is a collective of concerned U.S. and Mexican
citizens working to raise international awareness of the non-violent popular
social movement here, and create international pressure to end the
widespread human rights violations throughout the city and state of Oaxaca.
For information about RIGHTS ACTION: www.rightsaction.org.
CONTACT: Oaxaca Solidarity Network, info@oaxacasolidarity.org
