Timeline - NISGUA

January 2020

Over 45 organizations demand release of Maya Chuj land defender Julio Gómez

nisgua_admin2020-02-28T18:16:46+00:00Tags: Akateko, arbitrary arrest, Chuj, criminalization, Energía y Renovación S.A., Gobierno Plurinacional, Huehuetenango, Ixquisís, Julio Gómez, Maya, Plurinational Government, Popti', Q'anjob'al, San Mateo Ixtatán|

Julio Gómez Lucas speaks before a crowd of thousands of people in San Mateo Ixtatán, Huehuetenango. Photo credit: Nelton Rivera, Prensa Comunitaria Km. 169 January 28, 2020 María Consuelo Porras Attorney [...]

Accompanier Perspectives: Our struggles are connected and so is our liberation

nisgua_admin2020-01-18T01:42:30+00:00Tags: Abolish Ice, accompaniment, AJR, CALDH, community consultation, criminalization, genocide, genocide trial, internal armed conflict, Ixil, ODHAG, prison abolition, School of the Americas, survivors, trial|

Welcome to this second Friends and Family letter, I hope you are staying warm and cozy this winter days! I wish you a festive, joyous and reflective time. Below you’ll read about my reflections [...]

December 2019

December solidarity update

nisgua_admin2019-12-27T19:05:37+00:00Tags: donate, Escobal mine, indigenous resistance, internal armed conflict, international human rights day, justice for genocide, Maya Achí, militarization, NISGUA gifts, Pan American Silver, Xinka Parliament|

Parlamento Xinka: El incumplimiento de los ministerios de llevar a cabo la consulta sobre la mina Escobal

nisgua_admin2020-03-28T01:33:33+00:00Tags: Corte de Constitucionalidad, Corte Suprema, MARN, MEM, mina Escobal, Ministerio de Ambiente y Recursos Naturales, Ministerio de Energia y Minas, Parlamento Xinka, Xinka|

Representantes del Parlamento Xinka hablan con los medios durante su conferencia de prensa el 18 de diciembre de 2019. COMUNICADO DE PRENSA POR EL INCUMPLIMIENTO DE LOS MINISTERIOS DE ENERGIA Y [...]

Xinka Parliament: Ministries have failed to execute consultation over Escobal mine

nisgua_admin2020-03-28T01:34:01+00:00Tags: Constitutional Court, consultation, Escobal mine, ILO Convention 169, Indigenous, MARN, MEM, Ministry of Energy and Mines, Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources, Pan American Silver, Xinka, Xinka Parliament|

Representatives of the Xinka Parliament speak with the press following their press conference on December 18. PRESS RELEASE THE MINISTRIES OF ENERGY AND MINES AND OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES HAVE [...]

International Human Rights Day Statement from survivors of the Internal Armed Conflict

nisgua_admin2020-03-28T01:35:01+00:00Tags: human rights, internal armed conflict, militarization, partner statement, peace accords, survivors|

Survivors of the Internal Armed Conflict at their Press Conference. Photo Credit: Impunity Watch Statement on International Human Rights Day The Victims and Survivors of the Internal Armed Conflict, convened in [...]