Solidarity Updates

8December, 2017

Solidarity Update: November 2017

By nisgua_admin|2019-12-27T19:06:44+00:00December 8th, 2017|Categories: Defense of life and territory, Justice and accountability, Solidarity Update, Trans-Territorial Organizing|Tags: Casillas, Constitutional Court, Escobal, genocide trial, Grassroots gatherings, Needham Congregational Church, nisgua report, Nobel Women's Initiative, Rios Montt, Rodriguez Sanchez, sponsoring community, Tahoe Resources|0 Comments

News recap: Needham Congregational Church celebrates 30 years of U.S.-Guatemala solidarity; As Ríos Montt and Rodríguez Sánchez are retried, witnesses and survivors reaffirm 2013 genocide sentence; NISGUA report highlights grassroots strategies to preserve historical [...]

30September, 2017

Solidarity Update: September 2017

By nisgua_admin|2019-12-27T19:06:44+00:00September 30th, 2017|Categories: Defense of life and territory, Justice and accountability, Solidarity Update, Trans-Territorial Organizing|Tags: AJR, environmental defenders, Escobal mine, genocide, Ixil, Ixquisís, Jimmy Morales, JODVID, justice for genocide, news in brief, police violence, Rios Montt, Rodriguez Sanchez, Stop Urban Shield, Tahoe Resources, testimony, tour|0 Comments

News recap: Solidarity in the streets; U.S. Speaking Tour, "Guatemalan Youth in Defense of Land and Life," kicks off on October 9th; Thousands call for resignation of Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales and Congressional representatives; Grieving [...]

17August, 2017

Solidarity Update: August 2017

By nisgua_admin|2019-12-27T19:06:45+00:00August 17th, 2017|Categories: Defense of life and territory, Justice and accountability, Solidarity Update, Trans-Territorial Organizing|Tags: Bay Area, CALDH, Casillas, Chechenyo Ohlone, IACHR, Ixquisís, Marco Antonio Molina Theissen, Military Zone 21, Molina Theissen Family, police violence, Sepur Zarco, solidarity|0 Comments

News recap: "This Land is Ours": Hundreds march to demand the restitution of stolen and occupied lands at site of Military Zone 21; Former military officers to stand trial for crimes committed against Molina Theissen family; [...]

5July, 2017

Solidarity Update: July 2017

By nisgua_admin|2019-12-27T19:06:46+00:00July 5th, 2017|Categories: Defense of life and territory, Justice and accountability, Solidarity Update, Trans-Territorial Organizing|Tags: AJR, Angélica Choc, forced disappearance, IACHR, Ixil, Maya Q'eqchi', Mynor Padilla, Oxec and Cahabon Rivers, Oxec Dam, Sponsoring Communities|0 Comments

News recap: Ixil communities celebrate ancestral resistance during the Day of Dignity; Land defender Angélica Choc appeals the acquittal of Mynor Padilla, accused of murdering her husband; Communities fighting to protect the Oxec and Cahabón Rivers [...]

20June, 2017

Solidarity Update: Special focus on Tahoe Resources

By nisgua_admin|2019-12-27T19:06:46+00:00June 20th, 2017|Categories: Defense of life and territory, Justice and accountability, Solidarity Update, Trans-Territorial Organizing|Tags: Alberto Rotondo, BC Supreme Court, Casillas, Escobal mine, JODVID, police violence, Supreme Court of Canada, Tahoe Resources, tour, Urgent Action|0 Comments

News recap: A strong grassroots movement continues to resist Tahoe Resources; Six police officers tasked with the custody of Tahoe's former head of security found guilty on charges related to his escape; Supreme Court of Canada [...]

25May, 2017

Solidarity Update: May 2017

By nisgua_admin|2019-12-27T19:06:47+00:00May 25th, 2017|Categories: Defense of life and territory, Justice and accountability, Solidarity Update, Trans-Territorial Organizing|Tags: accompanier perspective, accompaniment, actions, AJR, attacks, CALDH, Constitutional Court, Dos Erres, environmental defenders, genocide trial, impunity, Ixil, nisgua report, Rios Montt, Topacio Reynoso Pacheco|0 Comments

News recap: Motions filed against former Constitutional Court judges for breach of duty in overturning the genocide verdict; Ríos Montt to stand trial for genocide for his role in the Dos Erres massacre; Accompanier perspective: [...]