Event Title
Human Rights in Mexico: How US Policies Affect State Violence, Militarization, and Displacement
Description
Roberto Mendoza Pérez will speak on the current socio-political and economic issues affecting communities in Mexico, which are directly linked to US foreign policy on behalf of the National Network of Women Defenders of Human Rights in Mexico (RNDDHM). RNDDHM members-indigenous teachers, small farmers, students and elders-work in defense of their human rights, which include land, education, labor and housing. Facing repression by their Mexican government, the RNDDHM members demand that the forcefully disappeared be returned alive, that political prisoners be freed, and that those responsible be brought to justice.
About the Lecturer: Roberto Mendoza Pérez from the Red Nacional de Defensoras de Derechos Humanos en Mexico has been a rural indigenous community organizer in Chiapas since 2010. He plans conferences and forums related to human rights abuses and state crimes.
Document Type
Event
Start Date
11-10-2017 12:00 PM
End Date
11-10-2017 1:20 PM
Location
Fairhaven College Auditorium
Resource Type
Moving image
Title of Series
World Issues Forum
Genre/Form
lectures
Contributing Repository
Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies
Subjects – Topical (LCSH)
Human rights--Mexico; Political persecution--Mexico
Subjects – Names (LCNAF)
Red Nacional de Defensoras de Derechos Humanos en México
Geographic Coverage
United States--Foreign relations--Mexico; Mexico--Foreign relations--United States; Mexico--Political and government; Mexico--Economic conditions
Type
Moving image
Keywords
U.S. foreign policies, Human rights, Mexico, Political prisoners
Rights
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Language
English
Format
video/mp4
Human Rights in Mexico: How US Policies Affect State Violence, Militarization, and Displacement
Fairhaven College Auditorium
Roberto Mendoza Pérez will speak on the current socio-political and economic issues affecting communities in Mexico, which are directly linked to US foreign policy on behalf of the National Network of Women Defenders of Human Rights in Mexico (RNDDHM). RNDDHM members-indigenous teachers, small farmers, students and elders-work in defense of their human rights, which include land, education, labor and housing. Facing repression by their Mexican government, the RNDDHM members demand that the forcefully disappeared be returned alive, that political prisoners be freed, and that those responsible be brought to justice.
About the Lecturer: Roberto Mendoza Pérez from the Red Nacional de Defensoras de Derechos Humanos en Mexico has been a rural indigenous community organizer in Chiapas since 2010. He plans conferences and forums related to human rights abuses and state crimes.
