Solidarity Updates

20June, 2017

Solidarity Update: Special focus on Tahoe Resources

By nisgua_admin|2019-12-27T19:06:46+00:00June 20th, 2017|Categories: Defense of life and territory, Justice and accountability, Solidarity Update, Trans-Territorial Organizing|Tags: Alberto Rotondo, BC Supreme Court, Casillas, Escobal mine, JODVID, police violence, Supreme Court of Canada, Tahoe Resources, tour, Urgent Action|0 Comments

News recap: A strong grassroots movement continues to resist Tahoe Resources; Six police officers tasked with the custody of Tahoe's former head of security found guilty on charges related to his escape; Supreme Court of Canada [...]

25May, 2017

Solidarity Update: May 2017

By nisgua_admin|2019-12-27T19:06:47+00:00May 25th, 2017|Categories: Defense of life and territory, Justice and accountability, Solidarity Update, Trans-Territorial Organizing|Tags: accompanier perspective, accompaniment, actions, AJR, attacks, CALDH, Constitutional Court, Dos Erres, environmental defenders, genocide trial, impunity, Ixil, nisgua report, Rios Montt, Topacio Reynoso Pacheco|0 Comments

News recap: Motions filed against former Constitutional Court judges for breach of duty in overturning the genocide verdict; Ríos Montt to stand trial for genocide for his role in the Dos Erres massacre; Accompanier perspective: [...]

30April, 2017

Solidarity Update: April 2017

By nisgua_admin|2019-12-27T19:06:47+00:00April 30th, 2017|Categories: Defense of life and territory, Justice and accountability, Solidarity Update, Trans-Territorial Organizing|Tags: actions, AJR, Alex Escobar, Alex Reynoso, CALDH, environmental defenders, Escobal mine, genocide trial, Ixcán, Ixil, JODVID, Tahoe Resources, Topacio Reynoso Pacheco, tour, Urgent Action, Xalalá Dam|0 Comments

Photo credit: Roderico Díaz. News recap: Honoring the life of Miguel Ramírez Matóm, witness in the Ixil genocide trial; Take action: Denounce impunity for attacks against environmental defenders; Communities in the Ixcán commemorate 10 years since the referendum [...]

31March, 2017

Solidarity Update: March 2017

By nisgua_admin|2019-12-27T19:06:48+00:00March 31st, 2017|Categories: Defense of life and territory, Justice and accountability, Solidarity Update, Trans-Territorial Organizing|Tags: actions, Berta Cáceres, delegations, dignified reparations, Edgar Ovalle, Goldcorp, Hogar Seguro, International Women's Day, John Kelly, Kappes Cassiday and Associates, La Puya, Marlin Mine, Military Zone 21, Sepur Zarco, solidarity, UC Berkeley|0 Comments

News recap: The women of Sepur Zarco celebrate one year since the verdict and continue to call for dignified reparations; La Puya celebrates five years of resistance; UC Berkeley students take action in solidarity with victims [...]

15February, 2017

Solidarity Update: February 2017

By nisgua_admin|2019-12-27T19:06:48+00:00February 15th, 2017|Categories: Defense of life and territory, Justice and accountability, Solidarity Update, Trans-Territorial Organizing|Tags: annual dinner, BC Supreme Court, Casillas, Escobal mine, Gunpoint Exploration, JODVID, Las Lajitas, Luis Fernando García, Maya Q'eqchi', ministry of energy and mines (MEM), Ohlone Shellmound and Village Sacred Site, resistance to Trump, Sebastián Alonso Juan, Sepur Zarco, sexual violence, Tahoe Resources, tour|0 Comments

Photo: Holly Sheenan. News recap: Celebrating the one-year anniversary of the Sepur Zarco verdict; Civil suit continues against the Ministry of Energy and Mines, in an attempt to cancel Las Lajitas license; Hundreds respond to calls for [...]

23January, 2017

Solidarity Update: January 2017

By nisgua_admin|2019-12-27T19:06:49+00:00January 23rd, 2017|Categories: Defense of life and territory, Justice and accountability, Solidarity Update, Trans-Territorial Organizing|Tags: annual dinner, CALAS, CICIG, delegations, Dos Erres, Erick Archila, Escobal mine, extrajudicial killings, Hidro Santa Cruz, Huehuetenango, internationalism, Ixquisís, Kaibil, La Cooperacha, PDHSA, Sebastián Alonso Juan, Trump|0 Comments

Photo: Francisco Simon, Prensa Comunitaria News recap: Former Kaibil, accused of participating in Dos Erres massacre, arrested in Maryland; Elderly protester killed in the Ixquisis region, Huehuetenango; Former Guatemalan Minister of Energy and Mines arrested in [...]