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
Actualización del caso Genocidio Ixil. Del 19 al 21 de agosto del 2024
Esta semana se presentaron en Santa María Nebaj 9 testigos de masacres y una testiga de violencia sexual, para testificar contra el ex- militar Benedicto Lucas García por las masacres y crímenes cometidos en 1982 contra la población Maya Ixil. Afuera del juzgado en Nebaj se observa una manta [...]
Ixil Genocide Case Update. August 12 & 13, 2024
Monday, August 12, Hearing 63 The presiding judge informed those present in the courtroom that on Saturday, August 10, Lucas Garcia's defense filed a written recusal against the Tribunal. According to the defense lawyers, the tribunal allowed expert witness Bertoni to go beyond the limits of his testimony by [...]
Actualización del caso Genocidio Ixil. Del 12 al 13 de agosto del 2024
Lunes 12 de Agosto, Audiencia 63 El juez presidente informó a los presentes en la sala de audiencias que el sábado 10 de agosto, la defensa de Lucas García planteó una recusación por escrito en contra del tribunal. Según las abogadas de la defensa, el tribunal permitió que el [...]
Ixil Genocide Case Update. August 5-9, 2024
Monday, August 5, 2024, hearing 59 The anthropologist Rodolfo Leyva was present to ratify several social anthropology expert reports in which testimonies were collected from survivors in order to identify their relatives. The expert explained that the interviews with the survivors are filed in the FAFG and are included [...]
Actualización del caso Genocidio Ixil. Del 5 al 9 de agosto
Lunes 5 de agosto 2024, audiencia 59 Se presentó el antropólogo Rodolfo Leyva, para ratificar varios peritajes en antropología social en los cuales se recabaron testimonios de los y las sobrevivientes para poder identificar a sus familiares. El perito explicó que las entrevistas con los sobrevivientes se archivan en [...]
Accompanier Perspectives: A Photo Album from Guatemala
Michelle Liang (she/her) wrote this letter in July, 2024. This Friends and Chosen Family letter is a little different. I thought, sometimes my favorite way of receiving stories is sitting down with my friends and flipping (or scrolling) through a photo album and listening to their commentary on each [...]
