Timeline - NISGUA

February 2018

Plaintiffs in the Military Zone 21 case appeal to the Constitutional Court, fighting to include important witness testimonies

nisgua_admin2019-12-27T17:26:26+00:00Tags: ADIVIMA, CALDH, CODEVI, Constitutional Court, CREOMPAZ, crimes against humanity, FAMDEGUA, GAM, justice, Military Zone 21|

Today, plaintiff organizations went to Guatemala’s Constitutional Court to ask that the Court include testimonies from 35 key witnesses in the Military Zone 21 case – the largest case of forced disappearance to [...]

January 2018

Solidarity Update: January 2018

nisgua_admin2019-12-27T19:06:42+00:00Tags: accompaniment, AJR, attacks, Bay Area, Constitutional Court, CREOMPAZ, Escobal, GAP, genocide trial, Grassroots gatherings, Huehuetenango, hydroelectric dams, land defenders, Military Zone 21, Ohlone Shellmound and Village Sacred Site, PDHSA, Rios Montt, Sebastián Alonso Juan, Tahoe Resources|

News recap: We're ready for 2018 with a new cohort of GAP volunteers; NISGUA Local: Building connections between global movements to defend life and territory; Members of the AJR denounce ongoing racism as they [...]

Environmental defenders from Huehuetenango denounce threats to their land and water

nisgua_admin2019-12-27T18:57:42+00:00Tags: ADH, environmental defenders, Huehuetenango, human rights, Referendum, water|

In the face of the ongoing threat by mega-development projects and extractive industries to indigenous and campesino peoples' natural resources, and in particular to their water sources, the Departmental Assembly of the Peoples of [...]

NISGUA Local: Building connections between global movements to defend life and territory

nisgua_admin2019-12-27T18:47:48+00:00Tags: community consultation, cross-border solidarity, environmental defenders, environmental justice, indigenous rights, Ohlone Shellmound and Village Sacred Site|

"We oppose any desecration of our sacred site. Our sacred sites are not for sale. We will not allow our ancestors to be disturbed. This sacred site represents more than 5,000 years of our history and it [...]

San Mateo Ixtatán: Don Sebastián Alonzo Juan, martyr in the defense of rivers

nisgua_admin2019-12-27T18:57:57+00:00Tags: ADH, Ecoener Hidralia Energía, Huehuetenango, Ixquisís, PDHSA, Prensa Comunitaria, Sebastián Alonso Juan|

Photo Credit: Francisco Simón Original article posted in Spanish on Prensa Comunitaria. Translation by NISGUA. By: Francisco Simón. January 6, 2018, San Mateo Ixtatán The communal authorities of Yulch'en Frontera paid tribute [...]

Peaceful resistance members meet with international delegation

nisgua_admin2018-01-17T14:52:00+00:00Tags: CALAS, Chicago Religious Leadership Network on Latin America (CRLN), Constitutional Court, cross-border solidarity, delegations, direct action, encampment, environmental defenders, Escobal mine, Minera San Rafael, Tahoe Resources, Xinca Parliament|

This week, NISGUA received a delegation from the Chicago Religious Leadership Network on Latin America (CRLN) in our Guatemala City office. NISGUA relies on a strong network of individuals and organizations, like CRLN, fighting [...]