This Human Rights Center considers unacceptable the violence exercised by the group known as “non-cooperatives,” lead by the “Army of God, Eagles' Wings” against adherents to The Other Campaign in the community of Mitzitón, San Cristóbal de Las Casas (SCLC), Chiapas; this violence was carried out in the presence of state officials and left two people with serious injuries.

This Human Rights Center has information that allow to conclude that instances of the Government of the State of Chiapas (Mexico) makes use of direct and indirect methods to restrict freedom of speech and information, as well as harassment of the journalist Antony Flores Merida (Antony in the following), reporter and creator of the http://www.infochiapas.com Website, which he manages and shares in social networks through Twitter and Facebook, in which information has been published which, due to its professionalism, is shared by independent journalists in Chiapas.

Armed attack on the Zapatista town of Bolón Ajaw by followers of the PRI in Agua Azul (the PRI is the Institutional Revolutionary Party, the political party that ruled Mexico for 70 years)

It is important to consider and remember the basic context of a human rights defender, as described in the Declaration, on the right and duty of individuals, groups and institutions to promote and protect human rights and fundamental civil liberties acknowledged in “the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Defenders”; its first article states: “Everyone has the right, individually and in association with others, to promote and to strive for the protection and realization of human rights and fundamental freedoms at the national and international levels.”

The Centre for Human Rights Fray Bartolomé de la Casas A.C. (FRAYBA) condemns the murder of human rights defender Mariano Abarca Roblero and seeks justice in the form of a thorough investigation, that delivers effective and objective results, and that all the perpetrators be punished, including both the actual murderers and the instigators of this crime. Similarly the authorities responsible for guaranteeing the life and personal integrity of Mariano Abarca Roblero should be held accountable for failing to protect him.