Hearing in Genocide Case, Survivors Gather by the Hundreds
This struggle is everyone's struggle and the struggle of those that have not yet been born. --Board member for the Association for Justice and Reconciliation (AJR) The genocide cases have moved forward against former General and de facto President Efraín Ríos Montt and two officials under his command, retired General and former Army Chief of Staff Hector Mario López [...]
Pedro García Arredondo Convicted and Sentenced to 70 years in prison
Student Édgar Sáenz Calito was disappeared in June 1981. Photo: http://www.hijosguate.blogspot.com/ Pedro García Arredondo, former chief of the now defunct National Police's infamous Comando Seis was convicted for the forced disappearance of student Édgar Sáenz Calito in June 1981. He was sentenced to 70 years in prison. Investigations by the Public Prosecutor's office found that Sáenz Calito was kidnapped, [...]
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 [...]