Attacks On Codep In Oaxaca, Mexico

EDM number 1776 in 2008-09, proposed by John McDonnell on 30/06/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Human rights and Latin America.

That this House condemns the assassination in the largely indigenous state of Oaxaca, Mexico, of Sergio Martinez Vasquez and the beating almost to death of Agustin Rios Cruz, both members of CODEP, the Committee in Defense of the Rights of the People; notes that this is not the first time human rights advocates have been targeted, including Marcos García Macedas, also of CODEP, who survived an assassination attempt, and US cameraman Brad Will, who was shot dead while filming, both in 2006; further notes that paramilitaries connected with state governor Ulises Ruiz Ortiz and multinational development plans for the area have been blamed for the murders; deplores the campaign of intimidation against Jaquelina Lopez Almazan, Samuel Hernandez Morales and other members of CODEP; and urges the British Government to make representations demanding justice and an end to this repression.

This motion has been signed by a total of 26 MPs.