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
June Solidarity Update 2024 // Actualización Solidaria de Junio 2024
Youth in Copal AA march towards the river with signs denouncing contamination of the earth and water. Photo by NISGUA internacionalistas. Jóvenes de Copal AA marchan hacia el río con carteles que denuncian la contaminación de la tierra y el agua. Fotografía por internacionalistas de NISGUA (Español [...]
Ixil Genocide case Update. June 18 – 21th, 2024.
Tuesday June 18th, Hearing 37 “I saw with my own eyes and felt with my own body all the pain that the army caused” Tiburcio Utuy (✝) On the 37th day of hearings, the Public Prosecutor's Office presented four previews of evidence from survivors, whose testimonies were [...]
Actualización caso Genocidio Ixil. Del 18 al 21 de junio de 2024
Martes 18 de junio, audiencia 37 “Lo vi con mis propios ojos y sentí con mi propio cuerpo todo el dolor que causó el ejército” Tiburcio Utuy (✝) En el día 37 del juicio, el Ministerio Público presentó cuatro anticipos de prueba de sobrevivientes, cuyos testimonios fueron [...]
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 [...]
