Call for 2nd Emergency Humanitarian Delegation to Oaxaca

Below is an email I received about a human rights delegation to Oaxaca. The first one happened in December and the results from that delegation are being posted at www.oaxacasolidarity.org. You are invited to attend:

2nd EMERGENCY HUMANITARIAN DELEGATION TO OAXACA (MEXICO)

WHEN: February 10-16, 2007

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