Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights

October 17, 2007

Zapatistas imprisoned in New Zealand in crackdown

Pro-Zapatista Activists Among Those Imprisoned In New Zealand Crackdown

Using New Anti-Terror Laws, Police Target Indigenous and Supporters Across the Country


By Julie Webb-Pullman
Special to The Narco News Bulletin
October 17, 2007

WELLINGTON: Two hundred people today demonstrated outside the Wellington District Court in New Zealand, to protest Monday’s detention of four Wellingtonians, the first under the country’s new Terrorism Suppression Act. Two peace activists compas from the Wellington Zapatista Support Committee are amongst these supposed “terrorists” – both of whom have been active in Oaxaca and Chiapas in the last year supporting the struggles in Mexico, and fundraising in New Zealand for health services for Zapatista communities.
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