Timeline - NISGUA

April 2013

Genocide on Trial, Days 13 & 14: Defense experts testify, “There was never intention to commit genocide”

nisgua_admin2019-12-27T18:03:45+00:00Tags: AJR, CALDH, genocide, Guatemala, human rights, impunity, indigenous rights, justice, Kaibil, military, peace, reconciliation, Rigoberta Menchu Tum, Rios Montt, Rodriguez Sanchez, trial, US embassy in Guatemala|

NISGUA continues live coverage of the trial in Guatemala of Efraín Ríos Montt and Mauricio Rodríguez Sánchez for genocide and crimes against humanity. Read our previous summaries: Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4/5, Day 6, Day 7, Day 8, [...]

Genocide on Trial, Days 11-14: Forensic experts testify

nisgua_admin2019-12-27T18:03:58+00:00Tags: Anthropology, Archaeology, exhumation, FAFG, Fredy Peccerelli, genocide, graves, Guatemala, human rights, Ixil, justice, Maya, Rios Montt, Rodriguez Sanchez, solidarity, testimony, trial|

NISGUA continues live coverage of the trial in Guatemala of Efraín Rios Montt and Mauricio Rodriguez Sánchez for genocide and crimes against humanity. Read our previous summaries: Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4/5, Day 6, Day 7, Day 8, [...]

Genocide on Trial, Day 12: Beatriz Manz, author of “Paradise in Ashes”

nisgua_admin2019-12-27T18:04:09+00:00Tags: Anthropology, Beatriz Manz, genocide, Guatemala, human rights, Ixcán, Ixil, justice, Maya, Paradise in Ashes, refugees, Rios Montt, Rodriguez Sanchez, Santa Maria Tzeja, solidarity, testimony, translation, trial|

NISGUA continues live coverage of the trial in Guatemala of Efraín Rios Montt and Mauricio Rodriguez Sánchez for genocide and crimes against humanity.Read our previous summaries: Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4/5, Day 6, Day 7, Day 8, Day 9, Day 10 and [...]

Mining license approved in wake of violence, investigation into murder pending

nisgua_admin2019-12-27T18:43:22+00:00Tags: CALAS, Claudia Paz y Paz, communique, criminalization, environmental justice, Escobal mine, Exaltación Marcos Ucelo, human rights, Mining, San Rafael Las Flores, Xinca|

Today, NISGUA and the International Coalition against Unjust Mining in Guatemala (CAMIGUA), presented a petition with over 4,000 signatures to Guatemalan Attorney General Claudia Paz y Paz asking her to launch an investigation into [...]

Licencia minera aprobada en contexto de violencia, pendiente investigación sobre asesinato

nisgua_admin2019-12-25T01:23:13+00:00Tags: Claudia Paz y Paz, communique, criminalization, environmental justice, Escobal mine, human rights, Mining, San Rafael Las Flores, Xinca|

Hoy NISGUA y La Coalición internacional contra la minería injusta en Guatemala (CAMIGUA) presentaron una petición con más de 4000 firmas a la Fiscal General Claudia Paz y Paz pidiendo que ella se realice una [...]

Exclusive Interview with the AJR: “It is our right to demand justice and reveal the truth”

nisgua_admin2019-12-27T18:04:26+00:00Tags: AJR, CALDH, equality, genocide, Guatemala, human rights, indigenous rights, justice, Maya, Rios Montt, Rodriguez Sanchez, solidarity, survivors|

Before the start of the genocide trial in Guatemala, the international human rights accompaniment project ACOGUATE met with Benjamin Jerónimo, president and legal representative of the Association for Justice and Reconciliation (AJR) to hear his [...]