March 2013
Genocide on Trial in Guatemala, Day 2: Ixil Voices in the Halls of Justice
Read our coverage on the first day of the trial. The second day of proceedings in the Guatemala genocide case trial opened with unresolved tensions around accused former general Efraín Ríos Montt's legal representation. He [...]
Genocide trial opens amidst attacks against community leaders
"The past is still present." -- Independent journalist, commenting on recent attacks against activistson the eve of the Ríos Montt trial On Sunday, March 17, the President of the Xinca Indigenous Parliament and three other [...]
Genocide on Trial in Guatemala: Ixil witnesses speak
In the early hours of the morning, a crowd had already begun to form in Guatemala City's Plaza of Human Rights, outside the Supreme Court, where the country's historic first trial for genocide was [...]
Genocide trial opens tomorrow – NISGUA’s coverage and actions
For more than a decade, members of the Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala have had the honor to walk alongside survivors of genocide in their long struggle for justice. Tomorrow, we will [...]
Rubén Herrera, member of the Departmental Assembly of Huehuetenango (ADH), Arrested in Barillas Case
URGENT COMMUNIQUE from the Departmental Assembly of Huehuetenango in Defense of Territory (ADH) *Official Translation by NISGUA Spanish below It is with great concern that we share the unfortunate news that today, March 15, [...]
Breaking Down the Wall of Impunity in Guatemala by Victoria Sanford
Victoria Sanford is the director of the Lehman College Center for Human Rights and Peace Studies in New York. She is the author of Buried Secrets: Truth and Human Rights in Guatemala. In 2012, [...]