Chiapas: The UN’s Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) visits Acteal

Alberto Brunori en Acteal

Alberto Brunori en Acteal

On August 16th the Mexican representative of the UN’s High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Alberto Brunori, visited Chenalho and the family and survivors of the Acteal massacre. Brunori took part in a ceremony organized by the civil group Las Abejas and gave a press conference in the afternoon in which he said, “it is unacceptable that the killings that occurred in Acteal on December 22nd, 1997, will go unpunished as a result of faults in the legal process.” He emphasized the danger of an upsurge in violence in the region and made a “call to the state authorities to reinforce the measures needed to ensure the lives and wellbeing of the people living in the area.”

For more information:

Declaracion de la OACNUDH en Acteal (17/08/2009)

Comunicado de las Abejas en Acteal (17/08/2009)

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