Ayuujk and Binnizá defenders opposed to the Interoceanic Corridor are demanded to cease criminalisation

Mexico City Disinform ourselves. Human rights organizations protested at the National Museum of Anthropology to demand the cessation of the criminalization of 24 defenders of Binnizá and Ayuujk territory, who oppose the works of extension of the Interoceanic Corridor railway in the communities of Mogoñé Viejo and Rincón Viejo, in Oaxaca.

PBI-Mexico calls for an end to the criminalization of 24 Indigenous land defenders opposed to Tehuantepec megaproject - Peace Brigades International-Canada

Photo: The press conference in front of the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City. Photo by La Marea. La Jornada reports: “In the context of World Mother Earth Day, more than 20 Indigenous, environmental and human rights organizations demanded this Tuesday [April 22] in a statement an end to the criminalization of 24 members of the Ayuujk and Binizaa communities, in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, for rejecting the expansion of the …

Photo: ARTICLE 19 Indigenous organizations, collectives and associations demonstrated in front of the National Museum of Anthropology to demand a stop to the criminalization of indigenous people Ayuujk and Binizaa in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca. Currently, 24 indigenous people Ayuujk and Binizaa face unfounded accusations for their legitimate work of defending their rights against