Attacks on Zapatista Supporters and the 10th APPO Megamarch on International Women's Day
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Chiapas march turns ugly
Two journalists were assaulted at an anti-EZLN demonstration
El Universal, Viernes 09 de marzo de 2007
SAN CRISTO'BAL DE LAS CASAS, Chis.
Members of an indigenous group opposed to the long-quiescent Zapatista rebels beat two reporters from alternative media outlets as they were covering a rally in Chiapas.
There also were initial reports that La Jornada newsman Hermann Bellinghausen had been held by the demonstrators for several hours Wednesday, but the newspaper's directors told EFE that Bellinghausen denied that version of events.
Reporters that had been in the area confirmed that two of their colleagues, Alonso Luna Giro'n from Enlace Civil, and Carlos Va'zquez Guzma'n of Promedios-Chiapas, were beaten by the indigenous who were staging a demonstration in the municipality of Ocosingo.
Members of the Organization for the Defense of the Rights of Indigenous andCampesinos, or OPDDIC, which is engaged in land disputes in the area with supporters of the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN), were taking part in the rally.
At one point during the demonstration, members of the OPDDIC launched verbal attacks against the journalists filming the rally and physically assaulted two of them.
Francisco Va'zquez, legal representative of the local community group Promedios, confirmed that Va'zquez Guzma'n was covering the OPDDIC march and said he had received reports that the journalist had been attacked, along with another cameraman, by demonstrators who accused them of belonging to the EZLN.
In a note published Wednesday in La Jornada, Bellinghausen reported on presumed training activity being conducted by OPDDIC members, who supposedly possess AR15 and M16 assault rifles.
http://www.mexiconews.com.mx/23713.html
Chiapas march turns ugly
Two journalists were assaulted at an anti-EZLN demonstration
El Universal, Viernes 09 de marzo de 2007
SAN CRISTO'BAL DE LAS CASAS, Chis.
Members of an indigenous group opposed to the long-quiescent Zapatista rebels beat two reporters from alternative media outlets as they were covering a rally in Chiapas.
There also were initial reports that La Jornada newsman Hermann Bellinghausen had been held by the demonstrators for several hours Wednesday, but the newspaper's directors told EFE that Bellinghausen denied that version of events.
Reporters that had been in the area confirmed that two of their colleagues, Alonso Luna Giro'n from Enlace Civil, and Carlos Va'zquez Guzma'n of Promedios-Chiapas, were beaten by the indigenous who were staging a demonstration in the municipality of Ocosingo.
Members of the Organization for the Defense of the Rights of Indigenous andCampesinos, or OPDDIC, which is engaged in land disputes in the area with supporters of the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN), were taking part in the rally.
At one point during the demonstration, members of the OPDDIC launched verbal attacks against the journalists filming the rally and physically assaulted two of them.
Francisco Va'zquez, legal representative of the local community group Promedios, confirmed that Va'zquez Guzma'n was covering the OPDDIC march and said he had received reports that the journalist had been attacked, along with another cameraman, by demonstrators who accused them of belonging to the EZLN.
In a note published Wednesday in La Jornada, Bellinghausen reported on presumed training activity being conducted by OPDDIC members, who supposedly possess AR15 and M16 assault rifles.
http://www.mexiconews.com.mx/23713.html
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