From a Mexico Solidarity News bulletin:
CNDH REPORT ON OAXACA CRITICIZED
The National Human Rights Commission (CNDH), a federal government agency, released a report Thursday on human rights abuses in Oaxaca that was attacked as a farce by the Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca (APPO). The report justifies acts by police and state authorities that violated thefundamental guarantees of Oaxacan citizens, according to the APPO. While the report recognizes a number of grave human rights violations, it ignores the dozens of people who were disappeared during the popular uprising in Oaxaca late last year, as well as over 60 people who remain in prison. The report failed to fix responsibility for at least 20 assassinations and acts of torture, disappearance and arbitrary arrest by authorities. The 181-page report calls for investigation of armed paramilitary groups, but stops short of defining links between paramilitaries and Governor Ulises Ruiz. The report censured ex-President Vicente Fox but left Felipe Calderon blameless, even though the sitting administration has responsibility for investigating human rights abuses. The report also defended Governor Ruiz, claiming his removal would not resolve the tense situation that remains in the state.
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