April 2024
April Solidarity Update
Welcome to the April edition of our solidarity update! In this newsletter, we discuss developments in the Ixil Genocide case. Through witness and expert testimonies, we learn how this process, directed by the Association [...]
Actualización caso genocidio Ixil. Del 15 al 19 de abril de 2024
Durante la semana del 15 al 19 de abril continuó el juicio por el Genocidio Ixil contra Benedicto Lucas García. Durante las audiencias estuvieron presentes miembros de la Asociación para la Justicia y Reconciliación [...]
Ixil Genocide Case update, Monday, April 15th, 2024 to Friday, April 19th, 2024.
The Ixil Genocide trial against Benedicto Lucas García continued this week, April 15-19. During the hearings, members of the Association for Justice and Reconciliation (AJR) were present, as well as members of of the [...]
Statement: Condemn sexual violence in the Ixil Genocide
(ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Guatemala, April 22nd, 2024. The members of the National Platform of Organizations of Victims of the Internal Armed Conflict condemn the inhumane and despicable acts committed by the army against the Maya [...]
The Association of Communities for Development and Defense of the Land and Natural Resources (ACODET) in its Sixteenth General Assembly, declares before public opinion:
(ESPAÑOL ABAJO) We, the Indigenous and ancestral authorities of the different Indigenous communities of Ixcán, Cobán, and Uspantán that make up the Association of Communities for the Development and Defense of the Land and [...]
Statement for the defense of territory and food sovereignty
(ESPAÑOL ABAJO) We, representatives of the communities of La Costa Sur, Huehuetenango and the Indigenous Local Government of San Juan Cotzal, have convened in the Ixil territory of K’usal to share and exchange experiences [...]