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Mexico's human rights ombudsman investigates abusive union behaviour
Mexico's human rights ombudsman called an enquiry into the public shaming of a group of teachers and administrators in the state of Chiapas
Teachers' union in Mexico shaves educators' heads and makes them walk barefoot as bystanders watch
According to reports by the BBC, up to 14 administrators and head teachers were marched barefoot through the town of Comitan after they defied a strike.
A faction of Mexico's teacher's union, the CNTE, allegedly placed signs around their necks saying they were traitors.
Several of them even had their heads shaved while crowds of people watched.
The CNTE has been on strike in Mexico City since 15 May and has been conducting a series of protests. It opposes education reforms introduced in 2013 which include new measures to evaluate teachers.
“Protests needed to remain within the law,”ombudsman Luis Gonzalez Perez said.
Mexico's education secretary Aurelio Nuno said he would ensure those responsible were punished.
The Teachers Union have accused "agents of the state" of infiltrating their ranks to discredit their strike action.
BBC Mundo correspondent Juan Paullier in Mexico says these type of incidents are not unusual in Mexican education.
Last year alleged members of the CNTE shaved the heads of teachers in Chiapas because they had opposed their strike action.
