Today from 7pm. As part of the "festival of resistance" @ "the square" we will have the chance to listen and talk with Alejandro Cerezo about the repression of activists, indigenous peoples, and anyone else who organizes and struggles for a better future.
1999 a year of student strikes in Mexico City against the privatisation of education. July 2000 Vicente Fox comes to power as Mexican president. 8 of August 2001 Mexico City small explosion outside Banamex (CityBank). F.A.R.P. graffiti found nearby. Arrests follow; 13 of August, found in possession of ‘subversive material’ (leaflets and books), 3 brothers Hector, Alejandro, Antonio Cerezo Contreras and Pablo Alvarado detained. They were students at the UNAM ( Mexico City’s ‘Autonomous’ University) as well as working with Indigenous People’s and Social struggles in Mexico. Their parents are allegedly the leaders on the EPR guerrillas. September 11th, Global War on terror begins .October 10th Digna Ochoa, human rights layer also working in the Cerezo case is ‘suicided’. June 03 the accused found not guilty of terrorism and possession of firearms, the court decides, that there is however an ‘IDEOLOGICAL LINK’. they are sentenced to 13 years in High Security prisons. March 2005 Alejandro is released. March 06 Antonio and Hector are dispersed.
MARCH 21 2006 ANTONIO is put in ISOLATION FOR USING A PEN.
April 2006 Comite Cerezo’s European Tour: Freedom For ALL Political Prisoners in Mexico begins.
MARCH 21 2006 ANTONIO is put in ISOLATION FOR USING A PEN.
April 2006 Comite Cerezo’s European Tour: Freedom For ALL Political Prisoners in Mexico begins.
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