Comunicado: Organizaciones entregan petición exigiendo un fin de las expulsiones bajo Título 42 y protecciones para las y los migrantes Indígenas
28 de julio de 2021 Contacto: Claire Bransky, claire@nisgua.org Hoy, una amplia coalición de organizaciones centroamericanas y norteamericanas entregaron una petición con más de 1300 firmas al Departamento de Estado, el Departamento de Seguridad Interior y el Congreso Estadounidense. La petición exige un cese de las expulsiones de solicitantes de asilo bajo Título 42 y deportaciones durante la pandemia, [...]
Press release: Organizations deliver petition calling for an end to Title 42 expulsions and protections for Indigenous migrants
July 28, 2021 Contact: Claire Bransky, claire[at]nisgua.org Today, a broad coalition of Central and North American organizations delivered a petition with more than 1300 signatures to the State Department, the Department of Homeland Security, and the U.S. Congress. The petition calls for an end to expulsions of asylum seekers under Title 42 and deportations during the pandemic, policies that [...]
July Solidarity Update 2021 / Boletín Solidario de Julio
On July 22nd, Rubén’s life partner, feminist leader Alba Cecilia, launched Rubén’s second book, ¿Cómo olvidar a las memorias olvidadas? or How to forget the forgotten memories? You can watch the livestream of the launch in Spanish at www.facebok.com/MadreSelvaColectivo. [Español abajo] Dear NISGUA community, In moments of grief, as in times of joyful celebration, we are grateful for our community [...]
PRONUNCIAMIENTO POLITICO DEL CONSEJO MAYA MAM SAQTX’OTX’ HUEHUETENANGO
Huehuetenango 25 de Julio del 2021 Los pueblos originarios de este territorio K’AIB’IL B’ALAM, Rechazamos y condenamos rotundamente la actitud inaceptable de la Lic. María Consuela Porras jefa del PM en ordenar abusivamente la destitución del Fiscal investigador de la corrupción Juan Francisco Sandoval de la FECI. Ya que [...]
June Solidarity Update 2021 // Boletín Solidario de Junio
Outside of the courthouse while Judge Galvez gave his resolution, activists and relatives placed pictures of their disappeared loved ones that are registered in the Military Diary. A sign reads “Confess: Where are they?” Photo credit: CALDH Dear friends, family, and comrades, We've reached the middle of the year, and despite everything happening around the [...]
Over 70 organizations express concern regarding reforms to Guatemala’s NGO Law
June 25, 2021 Revised NGO Law threatens freedom of association in Guatemala The undersigned organizations express our profound concern regarding the amendments to Bill 5257, a law governing the activities of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), that went into effect Monday, June 21st, following the Guatemalan Constitutional Court’s (CC) denial of legal appeals [...]