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
Press Release: Post-defeat of an attempt by the accused ex-general Lucas Garcia to dismiss the Ixil Genocide case, Maya Ixil elders prepare to give their testimony in Nebaj, Guatemala next week
August 15, 2024 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Michelle Liang, International Accompanier, NISGUA internacionalista@nisgua.org | +502 4873 4422 Guatemala City, Guatemala - On Monday August 12, 2024, the defense lawyers of ex-general Manuel Benedícto Lucas García, accused of genocide, forced disappearance and crimes against humanity of the Maya Ixil people, [...]
Statement: Malicious Attempt at Dismissal in the Genocide Case
On Saturday, August 10, the defense of former general Benedicto Lucas García filed a legal action to recuse the court, since according to the lawyers the court allowed the Public Prosecutor's Office to overreach their interrogation of an expert witness on the topic of victim identification. Therefore, several human [...]
Actualización del caso Genocidio Ixil. Del 22 al 25 de julio de 2024
Lunes 22 de julio, Audiencia 52 Este día se continuó la escucha de la declaración en anticipo de prueba de la testiga María Marcos. La testigo señaló que cuando los soldados quemaron su casa en Pexla, ella estaba con tres de sus hijas, una bebe, una de 11 años, [...]
Ixil Genocide Case Update. July 22-25, 2024
Monday, July 22, Hearing 52 This day the hearing continued with the testimony of the witness María Marcos. The witness pointed out that when the soldiers burned her house in Pexla, she was with three of her daughters, a baby, an 11 year old, and a 14 year old. [...]
Over a hundred people celebrate ADH’s 18th anniversary in Aguacatán, Huehuetenango
On July 26, 2024, over a hundred people joined the Departmental Assembly of the People of Huehuetenango in Defense of Territory and for the Autonomy and Free Determination of the People -ADH- in celebrating their anniversary in Aguacatán, Huehuetenango, the latest municipality to win a water protection agreement in [...]
Más de Cien Personas Celebran el 18º aniversario de ADH en Aguacatán, Huehuetenango
En 26 de Julio, 2024, más que cien personas se unieron a La Asamblea Departmental de los Pueblos de Huehuetenango en Defensa del Territorio y por la Autonomía y Libre Determinación de los Pueblos para celebrar su aniversario en Aguacatán, Huehuetenango, la municipalidad que más recientamente logró un Acuerdo [...]
