June Solidarity Update 2024 // Actualización Solidaria de Junio 2024
Youth in Copal AA march towards the river with signs denouncing contamination of the earth and water. Photo by NISGUA internacionalistas. Jóvenes de Copal AA marchan hacia el río con carteles que denuncian la contaminación de la tierra y el agua. Fotografía por internacionalistas de NISGUA (Español abajo) Dear friends, Thank you for accompanying us for the [...]
Ixil Genocide case Update. June 18 – 21th, 2024.
Tuesday June 18th, Hearing 37 “I saw with my own eyes and felt with my own body all the pain that the army caused” Tiburcio Utuy (✝) On the 37th day of hearings, the Public Prosecutor's Office presented four previews of evidence from survivors, whose testimonies were recorded on July 20 and 21, 2010. The defense counsel [...]
Actualización caso Genocidio Ixil. Del 18 al 21 de junio de 2024
Martes 18 de junio, audiencia 37 “Lo vi con mis propios ojos y sentí con mi propio cuerpo todo el dolor que causó el ejército” Tiburcio Utuy (✝) En el día 37 del juicio, el Ministerio Público presentó cuatro anticipos de prueba de sobrevivientes, cuyos testimonios fueron grabados el 20 y el 21 de julio del 2010. [...]
7 años de la Resistencia Pacífica del pueblo Xinka de Casillas
Fotografía de: NISGUA. Tablero dentro de la Resistencia Pacífica de Casillas, mayo de 2024. Este 7 de junio se cumplieron 7 años de la “Resistencia de Casillas” que mantiene el pueblo Xinka como una de las acciones que ha realizado para defender su territorio contra la mina Escobal que desde 2011 se instaló ilegalmente en su territorio y [...]
7 years of the Peaceful Resistance of the Xinka people of Casillas
Photograph by: NISGUA. Board inside the Peaceful Resistance of Casillas, May 2024. This June 7 marked the 7th anniversary of the "Casillas Resistance" that the Xinka people have been maintaining to defend their territory against the Escobal mine, which since 2011 has been illegally installed in their territory and has generated multiple damages. Since, the Xinka people began [...]
Ixil Genocide Update. June 10th – 14th, 2024.
Monday June 10th, 2024, Hearing 34 "Repression also reached the civilian population that the army considered sympathetic or collaborator to the guerrilla." Kate Doyle On Monday, attorney Peralta, defense of Benedicto Lucas Garcia, began her interrogation of expert witness Kate Doyle. The expert explained the legal steps involved in the examination of the declassified documents. Doyle indicated to Lucas [...]