Timeline - NISGUA

February 2019

Four lessons from survivors on the Day of Dignification for Victims

nisgua_admin2019-02-28T22:20:23+00:00Tags: accompaniment, AJR, CALDH, genocide, Guatemala, human rights, impunity, indigenous rights, Ixil, justice, Maya, Rigoberta Menchu Tum|

In 1999, the UN-sponsored Commission for Historical Clarification presented its report, Guatemala: Memory of Silence, which documented the crimes the Guatemalan state had committed against its own people during the Internal Armed Conflict. Each [...]

Sobrevivientes del Terrorismo del Estado, Organizaciones Rechazan Amnistía en Guatemala

nisgua_admin2019-12-25T00:43:29+00:00Tags: amnistía, CALDH, carta internacional, congreso, crímenes de lesa humanidad, HIJOS, impunidad, justicia|

Organizaciones en Guatemala, entre ellas CALDH e HIJ@S, publicaron una carta abierta denunciando el intento del Congreso a aprobar una iniciativa de ley garantizando amnistía. La iniciativa de ley arriesgaría décadas de lucha por [...]

Survivors of State Terror, Organizations Reject Amnesty in Guatemala

nisgua_admin2019-12-25T00:43:43+00:00Tags: Amnesty, CALDH, Congress, crimes against humanity, HIJOS|

Guatemalan partner organizations, including CALDH and HIJ@S, published an open letter denouncing Guatemalan congressional attempts to pass amnesty legislation. The proposed legislation could overturn decades of work for justice, allowing those responsible for crimes against humanity [...]

Solidarity Update: January 2019

nisgua_admin2019-12-27T19:05:46+00:00Tags: accompaniment, Amnesty, civil society, community consultation, coup, Escobal, Escobal mine, GAP, hiring, international accompaniment, jobs, Maya Achí, Pan American Silver Corp., sexual violence, Tahoe Resources, take action, technical coup|

News recap: NISGUA is hiring!; Civil society reacts as political crisis escalates to a technical coup; Stand with Indigenous and campesino communities' right to self-determination; Pan American buys Tahoe Resources, inheriting Escobal Mine's legacy of human rights [...]

International Organizations Publish Statement in Solidarity with La Puya

nisgua_admin2019-12-25T00:43:58+00:00Tags: international arbitration, KCA, La Puya, militarization, Mining, resistance to mining, sign-on letter, solidarity|

NISGUA joins 10 international organizations who stand in solidarity with the communities of the Peaceful Resistance “La Puya” impacted by the international arbitration claim filed against the state of Guatemala by US mining company, [...]

January 2019

Solidarity Update: December 2018

nisgua_admin2019-12-27T19:05:46+00:00Tags: accompaniment, ACODET, AJR, assassinations, CALDH, community consultation, Consulta, CREOMPAZ, criminalization, environmental defenders, environmental justice, genocide, GNIB, Guatemala, Huehuetenango, human rights, hydroelectric dams, impunity, indigenous rights, international arbitration, Ixquisís, justice, KCA, Military Zone 21, sexual violence, speaking tour|

News recap: Organizations demand justice in wake of assassinations and ongoing violence in Ixquisis, TAKE ACTION to stand with communities working to protect community consultations, NISGUA Speaking Tour shares lessons from successful organizing in Chixoy-Copón Rivers [...]