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3INCE !UGUST 0") HAS ACCOMPANIED #ELSA 6ALDOVINOS 2IOS PRESIDENT OF THE /RGANIZATION OF 7OMEN %COLOGISTS OF THE 3IERRA DE 0ETATLAN /-%30 4HE ORGANIZATION WITH MORE THAN ACTIVE MEMBERS WORKS TO IMPROVE THE COMMUNITY S NUTRITION AND HYGIENE CONSERVE THE FORESTS REFOREST CEDAR AND CREATE 3AVINGS "ANKS #ELSA IS THE WIFE OF THE FORMERLY IMPRISONED RURAL ECOLOGIST &ELIPE !RREAGA 3ANCHEZ 3ANCHEZ HAD BEEN ACCUSED OF THE MURDER OF THE SON OF "ERNARDINO "AUTISTA 6ALLE CONSIDERED BY ECOLOGISTS TO BE AN EXPLOITER OF THE REGION S FOREST !RREAGA WAS IMPRISONED ON .OVEMBER !MNESTY )NTERNATIONAL !) CONSIDERED THE ACCUSATION TO BE A FABRICATION OF CRIMES IN RETALIATION FOR !RREAGA S DEFENSE OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND DECLARED HIM A PRISONER OF CONSCIENCE IN -ARCH !FTER TEN MONTHS IN PRISON A JUDGE DECLARED HIS INNOCENCE AND HE WAS RELEASED ON 3EPTEMBER 3INCE THAT TIME &ELIPE HAS BEEN RECEIVING 0") ACCOMPANIMENT AS WELL )MMEDIATELY AFTER HIS RELEASE !) ASKED THE -EXICAN GOVERNMENT TO hGUARANTEE THE SAFETY AND PROTECTION OF !RREAGA HIS WIFE AND HIS FAMILY AS WELL AS OTHER HUMAN RIGHTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENDERS IN THE STATE OF 'UERRERO v )N !UGUST THE 3IERRA #LUB THE OLDEST AND LARGEST ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATION IN THE !MERICAS AWARDED &ELIPE !RREAGA #ELSA 6ALDOVINOS AND !LBERTANO 0E®ALOZA THE #HICO -ENDES 0RIZE hFOR THEIR HEROIC PROTECTION OF THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FOR THEIR EXTRAORDINARY COURAGE AND LEADERSHIP IN THE DEFENSE OF THE FORESTS OF 'UERRERO v (OW WAS /-%30 FOUNDED 4HE WOMEN S ORGANIZATION WAS STARTED IN 7ITH &ELIPE WE CONDUCTED TRAINING ON THE ENVIRONMENT 4HEN ) SAW THAT WOMEN ALSO NEEDED TO RECEIVE THIS TRAINING BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONES WHO SPEND THE MOST TIME WITH THE CHILDREN AND THEY COULD TEACH THEM ABOUT THE BIRDS THE TREES THE WILDLIFE FROM WHEN THE CHILDREN ARE YOUNGx 3O THEY WOULD STOP KILLING LITTLE ANIMALS 4HE TRAININGS IN 2URAL $EVELOPMENT WERE FOCUSED ON TECHNIQUES AND WE HAVEN T EVEN GONE TO SCHOOL ) DECIDED TO ORGANIZE A COURSE ON PLANTING VEGETABLES AND ) WENT FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE INVITING THE WOMEN "UT THEY DIDN T WANT TO COME ONLY WOMEN CAME 4HE OTHERS DIDN T TRUST IT BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT THE ORGANIZER WOULD KEEP THE MONEY &INALLY WE BEGAN PLANTING VEGETABLES WHICH YIELDED A GOOD CROP 7HEN THE OTHER WOMEN SAW THIS THEY BEGAN TO COME LITTLE BY LITTLE TO THE MEETINGS )N SIX MONTHS WE TOTALED WOMEN
7HAT PROJECT IS /-%30 CURRENTLY DEVELOPING 7E CARRY OUT CLEAN UP CAMPAIGNS AT THE BEGINNING WE WOULD CLEAN THE STREAM AND NOW TRASH IS NO LONGER THROWN THERE 7E WANT TO MAKE A WATER RETENTION [AREA] IN A BRANCH OF THE RIVER TO RAISE SHRIMP 7E ALSO WANT TO INSTALL AN IGUANA PEN TO PREVENT THEIR EXTINCTION 7E WOULD ONLY PEN THEM IN WHEN THE IGUANAS HAVE EGGS UNTIL THEY LAY THEM BECAUSE PEOPLE EAT THEM 4HEN WE WOULD LET THEM GO
7HAT IS SITUATION OF THE FOREST IN 3IERRA DE 0ETATLAN %VER SINCE ) CAN REMEMBER THE WOODS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN EXPLOITED 7E WERE EVEN BEING LEFT WITHOUT ANY WATER 4HEY CAME WITH AN ORDER TO CUT DOWN SO MANY TREES BUT THEY MARKED MORE THAN DOUBLE )N THE PEASANTS ORGANIZED THEMSELVES AND HAD WHAT WE CALLED THE h7OOD 3TRIKEv AND DIDN T ALLOW ONE MORE TRUCKLOAD TO BE TAKEN OUT 4HEN THE SITUATION BECAME DIFlCULT "ERNARDINO WAS FROM THE %JIDO 6IGILANCE #OUNCIL AND HE BENElTED EVERY YEAR FROM THE LOGGING OF THE WOOD 7HEN THE WOOD COULD NOT BE EXPLOITED BECAUSE OF THE STRIKE "ERNARDINO BECAME VERY ANGRY !FTER THE WOOD STRIKE IN -ARCH "ERNARDINO S SON WAS KILLED IN -AY AND THAT S WHEN HE ACCUSED THE CAMPESINOS OF THIS ASSASSINATION (E MADE A CLAIM AGAINST PEASANTS WHO WERE PART OF THE 7OOD 3TRIKE )NCLUDING TWO OF HIS BROTHERS )T S CLEAR THAT THIS WAS A REVENGE HIS SON WAS KILLED FOR PERSONAL REASONS 4HAT S WHY &ELIPE WAS ARRESTED !) )NDEX !-2 ,A *ORNADA 3EPTEMBER %L 3UR DE !CAPULCO !UGUST
#ELSA 6ALDOVINOS AND HER DAUGHTER COLLECT THE #HICO -ENDES 0RIZE AWARDED TO &ELIPE !RREAGA !LBERTANO 0E®ALOZA AND #ELSA 6ALDOVINOS BY THE 3IERRA #LUB
7HAT IS THE SITUATION FOR THE WOMEN IN THIS REGION 7HY IS IT IMPORTANT TO WORK WITH THEM 7OMEN AREN T REALLY TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT HERE ) THINK WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO THINGS AND WE ALSO ARE CAPABLE OF DOING THINGS EVEN THOUGH WE ARE WOMEN 7E HAVE HELD (UMAN 2IGHTS WORKSHOPS WHICH HAVE REALLY HELPED US TO FEEL BETTER GIVEN THE HUMILIATION [WE EXPERIENCE] THAT BY BEING WOMEN WE AREN T GOOD FOR ANYTHING ) THINK WE ARE OVERCOMING THIS
7ITH &ELIPE IN JAIL WHAT IS THE POSSIBILITY OF CONTINUING WITH HIS WORK 7HEN THEY ARRESTED HIM ) THOUGHT THEN ) COULDN T DO ANYTHING -Y DAUGHTERS AND ) WOULD SPEND THE ENTIRE TIME CRY ING 4HEN &ELIPE ENCOURAGED ME TO CONTINUE WORKING ) BEGAN TO HOLD THE MEETINGS THINKING HE WOULD SOON BE RELEASED BUT THEN THE CASE STARTING GETTING DRAGGED OUT 7HAT HAPPENED TO !LBERTI NO CAMPESINO MEMBER OF THE /#%30 WHO WAS AMBUSHED AND TWO OF HIS SONS WERE KILLED HAS MADE US FEARFUL SINCE HE WAS AC CUSED OF THE SAME THING AS MY HUSBAND 4O SEE THAT THESE PEOPLE HAVE NO CONSCIENCE MAKES US AFRAID THEY LL DO SOMETHING TO US 4HE WORK ) DO COMES FROM MY HEART AND ) WANT FOR ALL PEOPLE TO SEE THE NEED FOR US TO TAKE CARE OF OUR ENVIRONMENT )F NOT OUR WATER WILL DRY UP AND WATER IS LIFE )T S A SERIOUS PROBLEM ALL OVER THE PLANET BUT WE STILL HAVE TIME TO SALVAGE IT
J_jW HWZ_bbW _d ;khef[ 3INCE !UGUST 0") HAS PROVIDED ACCOMPANIMENT IN !TOYAC DE !LVAREZ 'UERRERO TO 4ITA 2ADILLA -ARTINEZ VICE PRESIDENT OF THE !S SOCIATION OF 2ELATIVES OF THE $ETAINED $ISAPPEARED AND 6ICTIMS OF (UMAN 2IGHTS !BUSES IN -EXICO !&!$%- 4HE ORGANIZATION IS MADE UP OF FAMILY MEMBERS OF DISAPPEARED PERSONS FROM THE h$IRTY 7ARv FROM THE @ S AND @ S WHO HAVE BROUGHT CLAIMS OF FORCED DISAPPEARANCES AND TORTURE BEFORE SEVERAL -EXICAN AUTHORITIES 4HERE ARE DENUNCIATIONS BROUGHT BEFORE THE 3PECIAL $ISTRICT !TTORNEY S /FlCE FOR 0AST 0OLITICAL AND 3OCIAL -OVEMENTS &%-/300 WHICH STAND OUT AND OF WHICH MOST ARE ATTRIBUTED TO THE -EXICAN !RMY 4HE CASE OF 4ITA 2ADILLA S FATHER 2OSENDO 2ADILLA 0ACHECO IS CONSID ERED ONE OF THE MOST REPRESENTATIVE OF THE $IRTY 7AR (E WAS A SOCIAL ACTIVIST AND EX MAYOR OF !TOYAC DE !LVAREZ IN THE S WHO DISAP PEARED IN /N !UGUST AN ORDER TO ARREST THE GENERAL &RANCISCO 1UIROS (ERMOSILLO FOR THE CRIME OF ILLEGAL ARREST INJURIOUS TO 2OSENDO 2ADILLA WAS DECLARED )F THE CASE IS DECIDED IN CIVIL COURT IT WILL BE THE lRST TIME IN THE COUNTRY S HISTORY THAT A HIGH RANKING MILITARY OFlCIAL WILL BE BROUGHT BEFORE JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS FOR AN OFFENSE CONSIDERED A CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY )N !PRIL 4ITA 2ADILLA VISITED 3WEDEN THE 5NITED +INGDOM AND &RANCE TO PRESENT !&!$%- S WORK AND GAIN INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT 4HE 0") NATIONAL GROUPS FROM THESE THREE COUNTRIES TOOK ADVANTAGE OF HER VISIT TO ORGANIZE TALKS MEETINGS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES
(ER TRIP TO %NGLAND PROVIDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE THE LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE COUNTRY ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN -EXICO AS WELL AS INCREASE INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT FOR THE WORK CAR RIED OUT BY 0") AND THE ORGANIZATIONS IT ACCOMPANIES "OTH INCREASING THE LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS ABOUT THE CURRENT HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN -EXICO AND ATTRACTING INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY SUPPORT ARE ESSENTIAL FOR 0") S WORK IN -EXICO TO BE EFFECTIVE AND THEY ARE PART OF THE ORGANIZATION S PRINCIPAL OBJECTIVES 4HE SUCCESS OF INTERNATIONAL ACCOMPANIMENT RESTS TO A LARGE DEGREE ON THIS IN TERNATIONAL SUPPORT AND INTEREST 4ITA HAD UNDERLINED THE IMPORTANCE OF 0") S INTERNATIONAL PRES ENCE IN AN INTERVIEW IN WHICH SHE SAID HELPED HER OVERCOME HER FEAR AND PERMITTED HER TO CONTINUE WITH HER WORK TO PRESS THE -EXICAN GOVERNMENT FOR JUSTICE IN ACCORDANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL NORMS AND TREATIES IN THE CASE OF FORCED DISAPPEARANCES "ETWEEN !PRIL AND 4ITA 2ADILLA PRESENTED THE WORK OF !&! $%- BEFORE DISTINCT AUDIENCES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY SUCH AS THE 5NIVERSITIES OF "RADFORD AND 3HEFlELD AND THE ,ONDON 3CHOOL OF %CONOMICS -ORE THAN PEOPLE ATTENDED HER TALK IN 3HEFlELD INCLUDING -EXICAN STUDENTS 3HE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN TWO EVENTS AT THE OFlCES OF THE "RITISH 3ECTION OF !MNESTY )NTERNATIONAL WHERE SOME PEOPLE LISTENED TO HER STORY WITH INTEREST AND CONCERN $URING HER STAY 4ITA MET WITH !) S 2ESEARCH TEAM FOR -EXICO WHERE A VIDEO OF HER TESTIMONY WAS RECORDED 3HE ALSO ATTENDED A MEETING AT THE HOME OF LABOR PARLIAMENT MEMBER *EREMY #ORBIN ALONG WITH 0") S COORDINATOR FOR THE NATIONAL GROUP OF 'REAT "RIT AIN )N A PARTICULARLY PRODUCTIVE MEETING WITH THE )NTERNATIONAL (UMAN 2IGHTS 'ROUP 3)2(# THE ORGANIZATION OFFERED ITS SUP PORT TO 4ITA IN HER EFFORTS TO BRING LEGAL CASES BEFORE THE )NTER !MERICAN #OMMISSION OF (UMAN 2IGHTS #)$(
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F8? C;N?9EÊI MEHA I?D9; C7H9> (&&+ !CCOMPANIMENTS 4HE TEAM ACCOMPANIED THE FOLLOWING ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS IN THEIR VARIOUS ACTIVITIES %MILIANA AND &RANCISCO #EREZO #ONTRERAS MEMBERS OF THE #EREZO #OMMITTEE IN THE &EDERAL $ISTRICT AND ON THEIR TRIPS TO VISIT THEIR IMPRISONED BROTHERS 4HE /RGANIZATION OF 7OMEN %COLOGISTS OF THE 3IERRA OF 0ETATLAN /-%30 IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF 0ETATLAN 'UERRERO AND ON THEIR VISITS THROUGHOUT 'UERRERO 4HE /RGANIZATION OF THE )NDIGENOUS 0EOPLE -E 0HAA /0)- IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF !YUTLA DE LOS ,IBRES AND ON THEIR TRIPS THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF 'UERRERO h4LACHINOLLANv (UMAN 2IGHTS #ENTER DE LA -ONTA®A THE MEMBERS OF THE OFlCE IN !YUTLA DE LOS ,IBRES ON THEIR TRIPS THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF 'UERRERO 4ITA 2ADILLA -ARTINEZ VICE PRESIDENT OF !&!$%- !SSOCIATION OF 2ELATIVES OF THE $ETAINED $ISAPPEARED AND 6ICTIMS OF (UMAN 2IGHTS !BUSES IN !TOYAC DE !LVAREZ AND ON HER TRIPS THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF 'UERRERO h*OSE -ARIA -ORELOS Y 0AVONv 2EGIONAL (UMAN 2IGHTS #ENTER IN #HILAPA DE !LVAREZ 'UERRERO )NTERVIEWS WITH THE $IPLOMATIC #OMMUNITY AND THE 5NITED .ATIONS 7E HAD MEETINGS WITH THE POLITICAL ADVISERS AND (UMAN 2IGHTS /FlCERS FROM THE 'ERMAN !USTRALIAN 3PANISH 5 3 )TALIAN AND 3WISS %MBASSIES ALONG WITH MEMBERS OF THE %UROPEAN #OMMISSION $ELEGATION IN -EXICO 7E MET WITH THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE OFlCE OF THE 5NITED .ATIONS #OMMISSION ON (UMAN 2IGHTS /!#.5$( )N -EXICO #ITY WE MET WITH MEMBERS OF THE &EDERAL $ISTRICT 'OVERNMENT AND FROM THE /FlCE OF THE !TTORNEY 'ENERAL OF *USTICE OF THE &EDERAL $ISTRICT )N 'UERRERO WE MET WITH MEMBERS OF THE 'OVERNMENT THE 'OVERNMENT 3ECRETARIAT THE
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