A/HRC/11/11 page 17 68. Responsibility for the resurgence of racism in public life also lies in part with the communication media, almost all of which are controlled by sectors opposed to the current Administration. Some indigenous organizations have complained that the real situation of indigenous people in Bolivia has been distorted and that veritable media campaigns have been mounted against their leaders. There have been episodes of racially-tinged political violence, especially in Beni, Santa Cruz and other eastern departments, resulting from current political tensions, having to do, inter alia, with processes for the recovery and recognition of indigenous territories. The indigenous organizations in the lowlands complain of a campaign to persecute indigenous leaders and organizations orchestrated by powerful groups that bring together business sectors, local authorities, civic committees and other groups, such as the Santa Cruz Youth Union. 69. Particularly serious among the many cases compiled by the Special Rapporteur were the 2006 attacks against the participants in the Grand Assembly of the Guarayo People, as well as a series of attacks against Chiquitano indigenous leaders and other inhabitants of the towns of San Julián, Guarayos, San Ramón and San Javier, which involved the destruction of offices, vehicles and other equipment belonging to various branch offices of the Chiquitano Indigenous Organization. 70. Another outbreak of violence occurred towards the end of 2007 during the last stages of the debate concerning the new Constitution and its approval, when a series of physical and verbal assaults of a racist nature were perpetrated against indigenous and peasant organizations in Sucre - headquarters of the Constituent Assembly - and even against indigenous members of the Assembly. These attacks included the destruction of the headquarters of the Chuquisaca Federation of Native Communities in August 2007 and that of the Chuquisaca indigenous women and workers in November of the same year. 71. In some of these incidents, there is evidence of the involvement of public officials of the respective prefectures or municipalities opposed to the new Constitution. Likewise, there have been complaints concerning the participation of students and authorities from the local universities in setting up assault groups, in blatant violation of the principles of equality and respect for diversity that should underlie university ethics. 72. In this connection, both the former and current Special Rapporteurs, Mr. Rodolfo Stavenhagen and Mr. James Anaya, have expressed concern in press releases dated 10 April 2008 and 29 May 2008, respectively, over the commission of discriminatory and racist acts towards the indigenous peoples of Bolivia. The former Special Rapporteur noted with concern and condemned “the recent attacks suffered by government officials and members of the Guaraní people in the Chaco region of Santa Cruz. The attacks have taken place in the context of the ongoing process of recognition of the traditional territories of the Guaraní people, many of whose members still live under conditions of serfdom”. In addition, the current Special Rapporteur noted with concern and strongly condemned “the racist and discriminatory acts of violence, threats, and humiliations suffered by at least 20 indigenous people at the hands of groups intending to prevent the arrival of President Evo Morales to Sucre on May 24”. In addition, he expressed his alarm at “the violent acts of April 13 in El Chaco, Bolivia, which resulted in the injuries of some 40 people, including indigenous Guaraní, members of the Asamblea del Pueblo Guaraní, public officials and journalists who were in the community of Itacuatía to carry out the title clearance process of the ancestral territories of the Guaraní people”.