Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights

January 4, 2015

EZLN affirms support for missing students during anniversary

    Zapatistas stand under the Zapatista flag during 20th anniversary celebrations of the armed indigenous insurgency in Oventic December 31, 2013.

    Zapatistas stand under the Zapatista flag during 20th anniversary celebrations of the armed indigenous insurgency in Oventic December 31, 2013. | Photo: Reuters

    The rebel group issued an invitation to the parents of missing students to participate as guests of honor at events commemorating the 1994 uprising.
    In a moving ceremony held during the commemoration of the anniversary of the 1994 uprising, members of the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) affirmed their support for the parents of the forcibly disappeared 43 students from the Ayotzinapa teachers' training college.

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