Mexico: Fear for safety

Index Number: AMR 41/040/2006
Date Published: 10 August 2006
Categories: Americas, Mexico

Social activists and supporters of a teachers' strike in the City of Oaxaca have been the subject of recent acts of intimidation. These include indigenous leader Alejandro Cruz López, members of a political group called Asamblea Popular del Pueblo de Oaxaca, members of the Teacher's Union Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación, and staff at the local news paper Noticias. Amnesty International is extremely concerned for their safety, especially following the killing of José Jiménez Colmenares, an APPO supporter, on 10 August.