Jyri Jaakkola
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Jyri Antero Jaakkola was a Finnish human rights
activist. He was on his way to San Juan Copala
, a village of Trique
indigenous people that has declared itself autonomous, as a human rights observer when he was shot dead by UBISORT
, a paramilitary organization connected to Institutional Revolutionary Party
. In the attack Alberta Cariño
, an activist for the local organization CACTUS, was also shot dead and more than ten people were wounded.
Jaakkola was widely known as a central figure in several alternative movements in Finland. He was involved with S/v Estelle, a sailboat operated on the Fair Trade
principles, and sailed to Angola
with the ship in 2002.
Heidi Hautala
(Subcommittee on Human Rights
) the individual cases let us discover the roots of the systematic human rights violations. We must not forget Jyri Jaakkola. Reminding of this human rights violation gives the potential to develop the Mexican legal system better.
Human rights
Human rights are "commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being." Human rights are thus conceived as universal and egalitarian . These rights may exist as natural rights or as legal rights, in both national...
activist. He was on his way to San Juan Copala
San Juan Copala
San Juan Copala is a little town in the municipality of Santiago Juxtlahuaca in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, inhabited by Trique Indians. Its inhabitants have declared themselves autonomous of the Mexican state and founded the Autonomous Municipality of San Juan Copala in 2006.It has been the...
, a village of Trique
Trique
The Trique or Triqui are an indigenous people of the western part of the Mexican state of Oaxaca, centered in the municipalities of Juxtlahuaca, Tlaxiaco and Putla. They number around 23,000 according to the Ethnologue surveys. The Trique language is a Mixtecan language of Oto-Manguean genetic...
indigenous people that has declared itself autonomous, as a human rights observer when he was shot dead by UBISORT
Ubisort
Ubisort y MULT are two paramilitary groups in Oaxaca, Mexico affiliated with the ruling PRI-party....
, a paramilitary organization connected to Institutional Revolutionary Party
Institutional Revolutionary Party
The Institutional Revolutionary Party is a Mexican political party that held power in the country—under a succession of names—for more than 70 years. The PRI is a member of the Socialist International, as is the rival Party of the Democratic Revolution , making Mexico one of the few...
. In the attack Alberta Cariño
Alberta Cariño
Alberta "Bety" Cariño Trujillo was the director of CACTUS a community organization in Oaxaca, Mexico. On April 27, 2010, she was killed when paramilitaries ambushed a caravan on its way to the indigenous autonomous community of San Juan Copala...
, an activist for the local organization CACTUS, was also shot dead and more than ten people were wounded.
Jaakkola was widely known as a central figure in several alternative movements in Finland. He was involved with S/v Estelle, a sailboat operated on the Fair Trade
Fair trade
Fair trade is an organized social movement and market-based approach that aims to help producers in developing countries make better trading conditions and promote sustainability. The movement advocates the payment of a higher price to producers as well as higher social and environmental standards...
principles, and sailed to Angola
Angola
Angola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean with Luanda as its capital city...
with the ship in 2002.
Solving
Finnish human rights activist Jyri Jaakkola was killed in Oaxaca in 27.4.2010. His murder was unsolved in September 2010. According to Member of the European ParliamentMember of the European Parliament
A Member of the European Parliament is a person who has been elected to the European Parliament. The name of MEPs differ in different languages, with terms such as europarliamentarian or eurodeputy being common in Romance language-speaking areas.When the European Parliament was first established,...
Heidi Hautala
Heidi Hautala
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(Subcommittee on Human Rights
Subcommittee on Human Rights
The Subcommittee on Human Rights is a subcommittee of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the European Parliament. The committee is chaired by Barbara Lochbihler .- See also :* Sakharov Prize...
) the individual cases let us discover the roots of the systematic human rights violations. We must not forget Jyri Jaakkola. Reminding of this human rights violation gives the potential to develop the Mexican legal system better.