This spring, stand for gender justice!
February 28, 2016 marked a big step forward for justice in Guatemala when a verdict was reached in the Sepur Zarco trial. For the first time in the Americas, a national court successfully tried sexual slavery as a crime against humanity for crimes committed on its soil. As NISGUA, we acknowledge and honor the resilience of the witnesses whose testimony of [...]
Sepur Zarco: Entrevista con Luz Méndez, integrante de la junta directiva de UNAMG
¿Por qué es el caso de Sepur Zarco un caso emblemático para Guatemala? El caso Sepur Zarco es un caso emblemático por varias razones. En primer lugar, porque es el primer caso que se ha presentado en los tribunales de justicia de Guatemala por violencia sexual durante el conflicto armado. A pesar de que la Comisión de Esclarecimiento Histórico dijo [...]
Palabras de Gustavo Castro al pueblo de Honduras
Tegucigalpa, Honduras 15 de marzo de 2016 AL PUEBLO DE HONDURAS No se si algún día estas líneas lleguen a ustedes. Vine a Honduras con tanta ilusión. Hacía muchos años que no venía. Pero le agradezco a Berta que me haya invitado. Amiga del alma desde hace tantos año, ella y su familia. Pese a todo lo vivido no [...]
ACODET reaffirms peaceful resistance to the Xalalá Dam amid threats to environmental activists
Let us wake up! Let us wake up, humankind! We’re out of time. We must shake our conscience free of the rapacious capitalism, racism, and patriarchy that will only assure our own self-destruction. The Gualcarque River has called upon us, as have other seriously threatened rivers. We must answer their call. Our Mother Earth – militarized, fenced-in, poisoned, a [...]
Open Letter to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Regarding Murder of Honduran Indigenous and Environmental Activist Berta Cáceres
March 10, 2016 Dear Secretary of State Kerry, We write in shock and deep sorrow regarding the murder of Honduran human rights and environmental defender Berta Cáceres, founder and general secretary of the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH). We urge a response from the State Department that is not business as usual but a [...]
Civil society organisations in America and Europe condemn the murder of Berta Cáceres, Lenca indigenous leader and human rights defender
March 4, 2016. The signatory networks and organisations who support the defence of human rights in Honduras, condemn the murder of Lenca indigenous leader Berta Cáceres, coordinator of the Civic Council of Grassroots and Indigenous Organisations in Honduras (Consejo Cívico de Organizaciones Populares e Indígenas de Honduras – COPINH), which occurred earlier on Thursday at her home in La [...]