Pedro García Arredondo Sentenciado a 70 años por Desaparición Forzada
Estudiante Édgar Sáenz Calito fue desaparecido en junio de 1981. Foto: http://www.hijosguate.blogspot.com/ Se sentenció a condena de 70 años de prisión para Pedro García Arredondo, ex-jefe del Comando Seis del extinto Policía Nacional, para la desaparición forzada del estudiante Édgar Sáenz Calito en junio de 1981. Según las investigaciones del Ministerio Público, Sáenz Calito fue secuestrado, interrogado, torturado y [...]
Tribunal 2012: “We are defending the life of all humanity with our struggle”
Participants listen as the international tribunal pronounces its final sentence. Graham Hunt On July 14 and 15, 2012, participants from throughout Mesoamerica and North America gathered in San Miguel Ixtahuacán, in northwest Guatemala, for the first ever International People's Health Tribunal. Over two days, the panel of judges listened to testimony from scientific experts, human rights organizations, and community [...]
Mobilizing for Goldcorp’s 2012 Meeting of Shareholders
NISGUA, in coalition with our Guatemalan and international partners, prepared actions, events and materials for Goldcorp's Annual General Meeting of shareholders held on April 26, 2012 in northern Ontario. Alfonso Jiménez Morales participated in events as a representative of the Departmental Assembly of Huehuetenango (ADH), which some of you will remember as the organization invited to participate in NISGUA's 2010 U.S. [...]
Member of K’iche’ People’s Council Murdered – Asesinan a miembro del Consejo de Pueblos K’iche’s
On June 12, José Tavico Tzunun was murdered in his home. José was a member of the K'iche' People's Council, an organizer for the 2010 community referendum in Santa Cruz del Quiché, and an active community leader. K'iche' People's Council members announce the 2010 referendum results. We express our solidarity with his family members and compañeros and our concern [...]
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 [...]