From the Editorial Office
Newspaper La Jornada
Friday, November 11, 2022, p. eleven
The Office in Mexico of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UN-DH) rejected categorically
all manifestations of hatred, supremacism and forms of intolerance, as well as incitement to violence, discrimination and hostility, such as those of the neo-Nazi concert on October 29 in Mexico City.
In networks, he explained that respect for fundamental guarantees and peaceful coexistence between people and peoples is based on the recognition of the intrinsic dignity of all human beings, the validity of democratic values and the protection of the right to equality
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The concert was held in the Pentathlón hall, in the Santa María la Ribera neighborhood, where Spanish and Mexican groups of the hardcore punk genre summoned some 300 people who, shaven and dressed in Nazi swastikas and tattoos, chanted Hitler and fascist slogans.
The Government Secretariat of Mexico City reported that yesterday stamps were placed to suspend activities in that area.
He pointed out that verifiers from the Institute of Administrative Verification of the capital appeared at the building, traditionally used for military training.
After an inspection regarding urban development in the facilities, it was determined to implement precautionary measures, since the venue does not have the certificate of land use as a party room.
On the other hand, the head of the Government Secretariat, Martí Batres, reported on his Twitter account that he had a meeting with representatives of the Jewish community in Mexico, in which they agreed to join efforts against any neo-Nazi and fascist expression that is presented. in the capital of the country. No type of conception that seeks the extermination of other people is allowed here
he warned.
Before, the Jewish community in Mexico also expressed its condemnation of the aforementioned concert and expressed its rejection of any behavior that incites hatred and violence, which also violates the freedoms of people.
