Solidarity Updates

26March, 2018

Solidarity Update: March 2018

By nisgua_admin|2019-12-27T19:05:49+00:00March 26th, 2018|Categories: Defense of life and territory, Justice and accountability, Solidarity Update, Trans-Territorial Organizing|Tags: ACODET, actions, AJR, CALDH, Chechenyo Ohlone, crimes against humanity, Emma Guadalupe Molina Theissen, forced disappearance, genocide trial, Marco Antonio Molina Theissen, Nebaj, NISGUA Local, nisgua report, Ohlone Shellmound and Village Sacred Site, Rios Montt, Rodriguez Sanchez, sexual violence, Tahoe Resources, tour, transitional justice, Xalalá Dam|0 Comments

News recap: Prayerful action on the Equinox at the Ohlone Shellmound and Village Sacred Site in California; Genocide retrial moves to Nebaj to hear testimonies from elderly and protected witnesses; Nearly 40 years later, former military [...]

25January, 2018

Solidarity Update: January 2018

By nisgua_admin|2019-12-27T19:06:42+00:00January 25th, 2018|Categories: Defense of life and territory, Justice and accountability, Solidarity Update, Trans-Territorial Organizing|Tags: accompaniment, AJR, attacks, Bay Area, Constitutional Court, CREOMPAZ, Escobal, GAP, genocide trial, Grassroots gatherings, Huehuetenango, hydroelectric dams, land defenders, Military Zone 21, Ohlone Shellmound and Village Sacred Site, PDHSA, Rios Montt, Sebastián Alonso Juan, Tahoe Resources|0 Comments

News recap: We're ready for 2018 with a new cohort of GAP volunteers; NISGUA Local: Building connections between global movements to defend life and territory; Members of the AJR denounce ongoing racism as they [...]

8December, 2017

Solidarity Update: November 2017

By nisgua_admin|2019-12-27T19:06:44+00:00December 8th, 2017|Categories: Defense of life and territory, Justice and accountability, Solidarity Update, Trans-Territorial Organizing|Tags: Casillas, Constitutional Court, Escobal, genocide trial, Grassroots gatherings, Needham Congregational Church, nisgua report, Nobel Women's Initiative, Rios Montt, Rodriguez Sanchez, sponsoring community, Tahoe Resources|0 Comments

News recap: Needham Congregational Church celebrates 30 years of U.S.-Guatemala solidarity; As Ríos Montt and Rodríguez Sánchez are retried, witnesses and survivors reaffirm 2013 genocide sentence; NISGUA report highlights grassroots strategies to preserve historical [...]

30September, 2017

Solidarity Update: September 2017

By nisgua_admin|2019-12-27T19:06:44+00:00September 30th, 2017|Categories: Defense of life and territory, Justice and accountability, Solidarity Update, Trans-Territorial Organizing|Tags: AJR, environmental defenders, Escobal mine, genocide, Ixil, Ixquisís, Jimmy Morales, JODVID, justice for genocide, news in brief, police violence, Rios Montt, Rodriguez Sanchez, Stop Urban Shield, Tahoe Resources, testimony, tour|0 Comments

News recap: Solidarity in the streets; U.S. Speaking Tour, "Guatemalan Youth in Defense of Land and Life," kicks off on October 9th; Thousands call for resignation of Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales and Congressional representatives; Grieving [...]

17August, 2017

Solidarity Update: August 2017

By nisgua_admin|2019-12-27T19:06:45+00:00August 17th, 2017|Categories: Defense of life and territory, Justice and accountability, Solidarity Update, Trans-Territorial Organizing|Tags: Bay Area, CALDH, Casillas, Chechenyo Ohlone, IACHR, Ixquisís, Marco Antonio Molina Theissen, Military Zone 21, Molina Theissen Family, police violence, Sepur Zarco, solidarity|0 Comments

News recap: "This Land is Ours": Hundreds march to demand the restitution of stolen and occupied lands at site of Military Zone 21; Former military officers to stand trial for crimes committed against Molina Theissen family; [...]

5July, 2017

Solidarity Update: July 2017

By nisgua_admin|2019-12-27T19:06:46+00:00July 5th, 2017|Categories: Defense of life and territory, Justice and accountability, Solidarity Update, Trans-Territorial Organizing|Tags: AJR, Angélica Choc, forced disappearance, IACHR, Ixil, Maya Q'eqchi', Mynor Padilla, Oxec and Cahabon Rivers, Oxec Dam, Sponsoring Communities|0 Comments

News recap: Ixil communities celebrate ancestral resistance during the Day of Dignity; Land defender Angélica Choc appeals the acquittal of Mynor Padilla, accused of murdering her husband; Communities fighting to protect the Oxec and Cahabón Rivers [...]