Timeline - NISGUA

May 2013

NISGUA in NYC with the Association for Justice and Reconciliation: Listen live to our special event

nisgua_admin2019-12-27T17:58:52+00:00Tags: AJR, celebration, genocide, Guatemala, history, human rights, impunity, indigenous rights, international law, Ixil, justice, reflection, Rios Montt, Rodriguez Sanchez, solidarity, survivors, testimony, trial|

Live transmission of event in NYC with the AJR. Tramission will begin at approximately 7:15pm EST, May 30, and last for one hour. Transmisión en vivo de la actividad en la ciudad de Nueva [...]

International community calls for Rubén Herrera’s immediate release

nisgua_admin2019-12-27T18:21:39+00:00Tags: ADH, Consulta, criminalization, environmental justice, Guatemala, Huehuetenango, indigenous rights, justice, megadevelopment projects, Megaprojects / megaproyectos, petition, Santa Cruz Barillas|

More than one year after President Molina declared a state of siege in Santa Cruz de Barillas, repression continues against community leaders resisting the Cambalam hydroelectric project, operated by Spanish owned Hidro Santa Cruz. [...]

AJR Declaration to the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

nisgua_admin2019-12-27T17:59:32+00:00Tags: AJR, genocide, Guatemala, history, human rights, impunity, indigenous rights, international law, Ixil, justice, Rios Montt, Rodriguez Sanchez, solidarity, survivors, testimony, trial, United Nations|

The Association for Justice and Reconciliation addressed the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York City today. We are honored to provide the exclusive English translation of the declaration. Read the [...]

Genocide trial sentence overturned; CALDH press conference called sentence, “An opportunity for peace”

nisgua_admin2019-12-27T18:30:18+00:00Tags: AJR, genocide, Guatemala, history, human rights, impunity, indigenous rights, international law, Ixil, justice, Rios Montt, Rodriguez Sanchez, solidarity, survivors, testimony, trial|

The Guatemalan Constitutional Court emitted a resolution late Monday evening to annul the genocide trial verdict and revert proceedings back to April 19. Judge Barrios of the First Court for High Risk Crimes "A" [...]

Sentence of Dignified Reparations for the Ixil People

nisgua_admin2019-12-27T17:59:50+00:00Tags: AJR, genocide, Guatemala, history, human rights, impunity, indigenous rights, international law, Ixil, justice, Rios Montt, Rodriguez Sanchez, solidarity, survivors, testimony, trial|

On May 10, Efraín Ríos Montt was found guilty of the crimes of genocide and crimes against humanity, in an historic ruling that sentenced him to 80 years in prison. As ordered during the [...]

Ríos Montt: Guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity

nisgua_admin2019-12-27T18:00:06+00:00Tags: AJR, genocide, Guatemala, history, human rights, impunity, indigenous rights, international law, Ixil, justice, Rios Montt, Rodriguez Sanchez, solidarity, survivors, testimony, trial|

Today in Guatemala, Judge Yazmin Barrios found former dictator Efraín Ríos Montt guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity. The court ratified all the elements of genocide described by witness and expert testimony, [...]