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99% of the crimes committed during Guatemala's war have not been brought to justice. Of over 45,000 forced disappearances, only one case has gone to trial. Send an email to support war survivors' right to truth and justice today. |
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Did You Know?
> Attacks against human rights defenders in Guatemala have doubled over the last five years. NISGUA's teams of on-the-ground international human rights monitors work to deter violence in communities, courtrooms and at public events. > Former dictator Efrain Rios Montt, who ruled during the bloodiest period of the war, currently holds a seat in the Guatemalan Congress. He is wanted for genocide and crimes against humanity. > The Xalalá hydro-electric dam is rejected by 90% of the local population because it would displace thousands of indigenous people and damage farmlands and forests. > Almost 400 mining concessions have been granted to transnational gold, silver, nickel, and zinc companies in Guatemala, posing severe threats to rural communities' social and environmental well-being. |
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printer-friendly Board of Directors
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| Position | Name | Affiliation/Occupation | Date Joined Board |
| President | Melinda Van Slyke |
Owner of Heart of the Sky
Fair Trade, Former G.A.P. Accompanier |
2006 |
| Secretary | Sue Ellen Kingsley | Nurse, Founder of CCGAP
Sponsoring Community, Former G.A.P. Accompanier |
2004 |
| Treasurer | Elisa Bravo |
Associate at Amazon Watch | 2008 |
| Aura Aparicio |
Director of Education & Community Building at Good
Samaritan Family Resource Center in San Francisco, Regional Committee
Member of Vision y Compromiso: Statewide Network of Promotoras &
Community Health Workers, Guatemalan Activist and Immigrant Rights
Advocate
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2008 | |
| Jodie Van Horn | Activist and former Freedom from Oil Campaigner at the Rainforest Action Network, Environmental and Social Issues Consultant | 2008 | |
| Todd Kolze |
Community/Labor Organizer, Member of GNIB Committee/Sponsoring Community |
2000 |
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| Matthew Lowen | Justice Program Coordinator for the American Friends Service Committee of Arizona, Former G.A.P. Accompanier | 2008 | |
| Catherine Reiland |
2009 |
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| Josué Revolorio Illéscas | Co-op Development Trainer at Women's Action to Gain Economic Security (WAGES), Founder of gender-focused Guatemalan NGO Enlace, Member of GNIB Sponsoring Community | 2002 |
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