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 HuntAdditional reading about community consultations
7 años de la Resistencia Pacífica del pueblo Xinka de Casillas
Fotografía de: NISGUA. Tablero dentro de la Resistencia Pacífica de Casillas, mayo de 2024. Este 7 de junio se cumplieron 7 años de la “Resistencia de Casillas” que mantiene el pueblo Xinka como una de las acciones que ha realizado para defender su territorio contra la mina Escobal [...]
7 years of the Peaceful Resistance of the Xinka people of Casillas
Photograph by: NISGUA. Board inside the Peaceful Resistance of Casillas, May 2024. This June 7 marked the 7th anniversary of the "Casillas Resistance" that the Xinka people have been maintaining to defend their territory against the Escobal mine, which since 2011 has been illegally installed in their territory [...]
Ixil Genocide Update. June 10th – 14th, 2024.
Monday June 10th, 2024, Hearing 34 "Repression also reached the civilian population that the army considered sympathetic or collaborator to the guerrilla." Kate Doyle On Monday, attorney Peralta, defense of Benedicto Lucas Garcia, began her interrogation of expert witness Kate Doyle. The expert explained the legal steps involved in [...]
Actualización caso Genocidio Ixil. 10 al 14 de junio de 2024
Lunes 10 de junio del 2024, Audiencia 34 “La represión también alcanzaba a la población civil que el ejército considerara simpatizante o colaboradora de la guerrilla” Kate Doyle El lunes la abogada Peralta, defensa de Benedicto Lucas García, empezó su interrogatorio a la perito Kate Doyle. La perito explicó [...]
Actualización caso Genocidio Ixil. 4 al 7 de junio de 2024
Martes 4 de junio de 2024 “En un caso como este deben ser preponderantes los testimonios de las víctimas” Perito Arsenio García El martes 4 de junio el perito del estado español Arsenio Garcia, ratificó ante el tribunal su peritaje: “Análisis de los estándares internacionales de credibilidad de la [...]
Ixil Genocide Case Lucas Garcia period and Sexual Violence – Summary
ESPAÑOL ABAJO Case: Ixil Genocide, period of the government of General Fernando Romeo Lucas García, (July 1, 1978 to March 23, 1982) In 2008, the ODHAG accepted the request of the Association for Justice and Reconciliation -AJR-(1),to direct the investigation and the legal action in a [...]
