URGENT ACTION: Activist Yolanda Oquelí attacked on her way home
On June 13, activist Yolanda Oquelí was attacked and shot three times on her way home from a protest. We join others in denouncing the attack and expressing our concern for Yolanda's safety and well-being, as well as the safety of other organizers and community members from the area. Please take a moment to respond to Amnesty International's action [...]
May 31, 2012 Communique of the Tz’ununija’ Indigenous Women’s Movement
Español abajo The organized women of the community of Ágel of San Miguel Ixtahuacán, Department of San Marcos, and the Tz'ununija' Women's Indigenous Movement, on the day Wajxaq'ib' Ajmaq [declare]: Within the framework of the promotion, defense and exercise of the individual and collective rights of women and indigenous peoples, we share with the national and [...]
Communique of the Tz’ununija’ Indigenous Women’s Movement
Español abajo COMMUNIQUE The Tz'ununija' Indigenous Women's Movement, on the day Waqxaqi' Aq'ab'al, informs civil society organizations, indigenous and women's organizations and the national and international public opinion, the following: Within the framework of the promotion and defense of the individual and collective rights of women and indigenous peoples, the Tz'ununija' Indigenous Women's Movement, in 2011, assumed the commitment [...]
Urgent Communique – State of Siege in Santa Cruz Barillas Lifted
Unofficial translation by NISGUA - Original Spanish Below Traducción no oficial por NISGUA - Español abajo WESTERN PEOPLES' COUNCIL In defense of Life, Territory, the Mother Earth and the Collective Rights of the Peoples URGENT COMMUNIQUE In light of the announcement of the lifting of the state of siege in the Municipality of Santa Cruz Barillas of [...]
We are all Barillas – Statement of the Western Peoples’ Council
Unofficial translation by NISGUAComunicado original en español¡In Defense of Life, Territory, Mother Earth and the collective Rights of our Peoples! “WE ARE ALL BARILLAS” No to the submission of the Guatemalan state to multinational companies. Yes to life.To: Our indigenous brothers and sisters around the worldAnd the national and international publicOur people have a long history of ongoing struggle to [...]
*URGENT COMMUNIQUE*
*URGENT COMMUNIQUE*To the national and international public, regarding the recent events in the municipality of Santa Cruz Barillas Huehuetenango, WE DECLARE:Yesterday, at around one o'clock in the afternoon, armed men ambushed three community leaders as they returned from the municipal center to their nearby community of Posa Verde, where the Hidro Santa Cruz company plans to build a hydroelectric dam. [...]