Project Description
Community Consultations: A model of resistance under attack in Guatemala
A bill currently before Guatemalan Congress seeks to co-opt the consultation process and violate the rights of indigenous communities to free, prior, and informed consent. Add your voice in calling on the Guatemalan government to respect the results of community-organized consultations.
Three ways to take action:
1. Print out the postcard and mail it to NISGUA’s office for delivery
2. Read more about the incredible role that consultations play in community organizing to protect land, life, and self-determination
3. Sign the extended action! Petition available here.
Photo: Graham HuntAdditional reading about community consultations
Ixil genocide case update: May, 6th to 9th, 2024
Hearings accompanied by AJR Rabinal region Monday May 6th, 2024 Diego Avilés Toma, Cajixay, San Juan Cotzal Witness Diego Avilés recounted that his village was burned by elements of the Guatemalan army on January 8, 1982. The witness heard shouts that the army was coming and he hid [...]
Actualización caso genocidio Ixil – del 6 al 9 de mayo 2024
Audiencias acompañadas por AJR región Rabinal Lunes 6 de mayo Diego Avilés Toma, Cajixay, San Juan Cotzal El testigo Diego Avilés relató que su aldea fue quemada por elementos del ejército de Guatemala, el 8 de enero de 1982. El testigo escuchó gritos de que el ejército estaba [...]
Actualización caso Genocidio Ixil. 29 y 30 de abril de 2024
Lunes 29 de abril Audiencia acompañada por Autoridades Indigenas Ancestrales de la región Ixil Primera testiga Petrona López de Paz, Estrella Polar La testiga vivía en Estrella Polar el 23 marzo de 1982, cuando soldados vestidos de color pinto portando armas de fuego llegaron a la comunidad, alrededor de [...]
Ixil Genocide Update. April 29th and 30th, 2024.
Monday April 29 Hearing attended by Ancestral Indigenous Authorities of the Ixil Region First witness: Petrona López de Paz, Estrella Polar. The witness lived in Estrella Polar on March 23rd of 1982, when soldiers arrived in the community carrying weapons at around 5pm and told them that there was [...]
Twenty-five years since the publication of the Military Diary
(ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Twenty-five years since the publication of the military intelligence document known as the Dossier of Death (Dossier de la Muerte) or Military Diary, families, victims and survivors of State terror and the politics of forced disappearances; Claim the memory and struggle of our relatives, who were repressed [...]
John Sutton, ¡presente!
John Sutton, ¡presente! John Sutton, defensor incansable de las luchas por la liberación de los pueblos, ha dejado un vacío imposible de llenar. Su legado, marcado por su compromiso inquebrantable con la conciencia y la acción por la justicia en Guatemala y más allá, resonará a lo largo del [...]
