Timeline - NISGUA

November 2019

October Solidarity Update 2019

nisgua_admin2019-12-27T19:05:39+00:00Tags: Accountability, ACODET, Association Pop No'j, calendar, Copal AA, CREOMPAZ, genocide trial, Indigenous Environmental Exchange, internal armed conflict, Ixcán, justice, justice for genocide, Maya Achí, Maya Achí Sexual Violence Case, Maya Ixil, militarization, Ohlone Shellmound and Village Sacred Site, press release, Rabinal, sacred sites, Santa Maria Tzeja, Sogorea Te, state of siege, West Berkeley Shellmound|

Sisters in struggle: Indigenous Environmental Network leadership trip to Guatemala

nisgua_admin2019-12-24T21:39:57+00:00Tags: ACODET, ADH, AFEDES, Ana Ceto, Association Pop No'j, CALDH, Copal AA, defense of life, defense of territory, Departmental Assembly of Peoples of Huehuetenango, family separation, feminism, genocide, horizontal exchange, House of Memory, IEN, immigration, Indigenous Environmental Network, Indigenous feminisms, state of siege, Xalalá Dam|

In September, NISGUA had the honor of hosting a delegation to Guatemala for representative leaders of the Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN). The delegation featured talks with women land defenders, cultural exchanges, and a community [...]

October 2019

Press Release: We support the Association for Justice and Reconciliation (AJR)

nisgua_admin2019-11-07T17:15:18+00:00Tags: AJR, genocide, Ixil, press release, survivors, transitional justice|

On October 17, Judge Claudette Domínguez, known for her right-wing ties and regressive decisions, was removed from the Maya Ixil genocide case against Luis Enríquez Mendoza García, who was chief of military operations under [...]

CREOMPAZ case plaintiffs send an open letter to Judge Claudette Dominguez

nisgua_admin2019-10-17T22:34:13+00:00Tags: Civil Self-Defense Patrols, clandestine grave, CREOMPAZ, crimes against humanity, forced disappearance, human rights violations, justice, Maya Achí Sexual Violence Case, Military Zone 21, open letter, sexual violence, transitional justice, witness|

On October 2, the First High Risk Appellate Court announced their decision to maintain Judge Claudette Domínguez in the CREOMPAZ case, despite the plaintiffs' lawyers' arguments that Judge Domínguez may have direct or indirect [...]

UPDATE: State of siege militarizes communities in Ixcán

nisgua_admin2019-12-25T00:30:08+00:00Tags: ADH, Assembly of Peoples, Assembly of Peoples of Huehuetenango, criminalization, extractivism, Huehuetenango, Izabal, Jimmy Morales, militarization, racism, Sololá, state of siege|

UPDATE: 10/22/19 As the state of siege continues, impacts are felt in communities where no state of siege has been requested, as in the case of the municipality of Ixcán, Quiché: A military incursion [...]

ACTUALIZACIÓN: Estado de sitio militariza comunidades en Ixcán

nisgua_admin2019-10-22T22:09:26+00:00Tags: ADH, Asamblea de Pueblos de Huehuetenango, contrainsurgente, defensa del territorio, estado de sitio, extractivismo, gobernador, Huehuetenango, Jimmy Morales, Oscar Barrillas, Sololá|

ACTUALIZACIÓN: 22/10/2019 Una incursión militar en Santa María Tzejá y la intervención militar local en conflictos comunitarios en Pueblo Nuevo muestran los impactos del estado de sitio abriendo la puerta a la intimidación militar [...]