On June 16 reopening the office of the Center for Human Rights Tlachinollan in Ayutla, Guerrero state.

This Center is located in Tlapa and Ayutla, Guerrero, and focuses on the indigenous municipalities located in the Montaña and Costa Chica regions of Guerrero. About 300,000 residents of the 600 communities in this region belong to the Mixtec, Nahua, and Tlapanec indigenous groups. This indigenous region is highly marginalized and is among the poorest in Mexico. Given the serious human rights violations in the region, Tlachinollan works to defend the rights of these indigenous groups.                                                                                                                                                     PBI has accompanied Tlachinollan since December 2003.

Abel Barrera, Director of the centre, announced the closure of the office in March 2009, claiming that Ayutla did not have the necessary conditions for human rights defenders to carry out their work without risking their lives.

<media 7733>Download here the invitation (pdf spanish version)</media>