Solidarity Updates

26August, 2016

Solidarity Update: August 2016

By nisgua_admin|2019-12-27T19:06:50+00:00August 26th, 2016|Categories: Defense of life and territory, Justice and accountability, Solidarity Update, Trans-Territorial Organizing|Tags: ADH, Casillas, Convergence at US/Mexico border, Dos Erres, Edgar Ovalle, Escobal mine, Huehuetenango, impunity, Marco Antonio Molina Theissen, Military Zone 21, Minera San Rafael, political prisoners, Ramiro Osorio Cristales, Rigoberto Juárez, Santos López Alonzo, Stop Urban Shield, Tahoe Resources, tour, US SEC|0 Comments

News recap: National and international human rights defenders threatened as transitional justice advances; Communities celebrate the release of political prisoners from Huehuetenango; SEC complaint says Tahoe Resources failed to disclose widespread opposition to Escobal silver mine. [...]

5July, 2016

Solidarity Update: July 2016

By nisgua_admin|2019-12-27T19:06:51+00:00July 5th, 2016|Categories: Defense of life and territory, Justice and accountability, Solidarity Update, Trans-Territorial Organizing|Tags: accompaniment, actions, Casa de la Memoria, CREOMPAZ, Day for Heroes and Martyrs, ECAP, Gunpoint Exploration, HIJOS, Huehuetenango, JODVID, Maudi Tzay, Military Zone 21, political prisoners, Sepur Zarco, Tahoe Resources, Topacio Reynoso Pacheco, tour|0 Comments

News recap: Psychologist Maudi Tzay joins NISGUA this fall on tour in the United States; Eight former military to stand trial for charges in the CREOMPAZ case; Urban activists return to Central Square for the [...]

25May, 2016

Solidarity Update: May 2016

By nisgua_admin|2019-12-27T19:06:52+00:00May 25th, 2016|Categories: Defense of life and territory, Justice and accountability, Solidarity Update, Trans-Territorial Organizing|Tags: Alliance to End Silence and Impunity, CONRED, CREOMPAZ, El Tambor, House parties, Kappes Cassiday and Associates, La Cuchilla, Military Zone 21, ministry of energy and mines (MEM), Quesada, Referendum, Sepur Zarco, Tahoe Resources, tours, Xinca|0 Comments

News recap: Final arguments heard to determine whether CREOMPAZ case will be sent to trial; More than 99% of participants vote ‘NO’ to resource extraction in Quesada municipal consultation; Guatemala’s highest court upholds suspension order [...]

25April, 2016

Solidarity Update: April 2016

By nisgua_admin|2019-12-27T19:06:52+00:00April 25th, 2016|Categories: Defense of life and territory, Justice and accountability, Solidarity Update, Trans-Territorial Organizing|Tags: AJR, Bishop Gerardi, CALDH, Cobán, CODIDENA, CREOMPAZ, delegations, Diario Militar, FAMDEGUA, genocide trial, Hidro Santa Cruz, Huehuetenango, Ixil, Ixquisís, Marco Antonio Molina Theissen, Military Zone 21, PDHSA, Rios Montt|0 Comments

News recap: CREOMPAZ: Public Prosecutor presents evidence in the largest case of forced disappearance in Guatemala’s history; Closed-door genocide retrial moves to Ixil territory; Observer mission travels to Huehuetenango to document human rights violations in the context of [...]