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 Hunt
Additional reading about community consultations
POLITICAL STATEMENT OF THE MAYA MAM SAQTX’OTX COUNCIL OF HUEHUETENANGO
As the original people of the territory K’AIB’IL B’ALAM, we reject and condemn the unacceptable attitude of the attorney María Consuelo Porras, representative of the Attorney General’s Office (MP) for abusively ordering the dismissal of the head of the Special Prosecutor Against Impunity (FECI). Juan Francisco Sandoval is a [...]
Comunicado: Organizaciones entregan petición exigiendo un fin de las expulsiones bajo Título 42 y protecciones para las y los migrantes Indígenas
28 de julio de 2021 Contacto: Claire Bransky, claire@nisgua.org Hoy, una amplia coalición de organizaciones centroamericanas y norteamericanas entregaron una petición con más de 1300 firmas al Departamento de Estado, el Departamento de Seguridad Interior y el Congreso Estadounidense. La petición exige un cese de las expulsiones de solicitantes [...]
Press release: Organizations deliver petition calling for an end to Title 42 expulsions and protections for Indigenous migrants
July 28, 2021 Contact: Claire Bransky, claire[at]nisgua.org Today, a broad coalition of Central and North American organizations delivered a petition with more than 1300 signatures to the State Department, the Department of Homeland Security, and the U.S. Congress. The petition calls for an end to expulsions of asylum seekers [...]
July Solidarity Update 2021 / Boletín Solidario de Julio
On July 22nd, Rubén’s life partner, feminist leader Alba Cecilia, launched Rubén’s second book, ¿Cómo olvidar a las memorias olvidadas? or How to forget the forgotten memories? You can watch the livestream of the launch in Spanish at www.facebok.com/MadreSelvaColectivo. [Español abajo] Dear NISGUA community, In moments of grief, as in [...]
PRONUNCIAMIENTO POLITICO DEL CONSEJO MAYA MAM SAQTX’OTX’ HUEHUETENANGO
Huehuetenango 25 de Julio del 2021 Los pueblos originarios de este territorio K’AIB’IL B’ALAM, Rechazamos y condenamos rotundamente la actitud inaceptable de la Lic. María Consuela Porras jefa del PM en ordenar abusivamente la destitución del Fiscal investigador de [...]
June Solidarity Update 2021 // Boletín Solidario de Junio
Outside of the courthouse while Judge Galvez gave his resolution, activists and relatives placed pictures of their disappeared loved ones that are registered in the Military Diary. A sign reads “Confess: Where are they?” Photo credit: CALDH Dear friends, family, and comrades, We've reached the [...]
