Testify to Repression: The Oaxaca Delegation Reports Back Join members of the Oaxaca Delegation -- including Yesica Maya, President of the Liga Mexicana por la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos en Oaxaca, two professors, a student from UNAM, and five other lawyers -- to hear their extremely powerful stories of police repression and about their testimony before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. From December 17 through December 21, twenty individuals (including human rights lawyers, journalists, authors, investigators, graduate students, and activists) from the United States and Canada came together in Oaxaca out of concern for what appeared to be serious violations of human rights. Over the course of five days they met with a variety of Oaxacans who shared their experiences with us regarding violations of civil and human rights since June 14, 2006. "Some were activists; others had simply been present during mass arrests. We heard numerous, highly credible accounts of beatings, psychological and physical abuse, intimidation, disappearances, killings and attempted murder perpetrated by the municipal, state and federal preventive police forces. Virtually every person who recounted their experiences with the police began to cry while telling us what had occurred. There is no way to convey how deeply moving and profoundly disturbing it was to listen to these accounts. In addition, we were told of threats and attacks on lawyers who were engaged in representing victims as well as against organizations committed to the defense of human rights." -- Report on the Human Rights Situation in Oaxaca, Mexico (Javascript is required to view Mediasite content)