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• María Choc: life between awaiting trial and a state of siege

  By kevodell on December 6, 2021 • ( 0 )

  The Q’eqchi’ human rights defender has been waiting for three years for her legal situation to be resolved. Her situation is aggravated in a context of restriction of rights caused by a state of siege. Jody García writes in la… Read More ›

• We Reject The Criminalisation Of Critical Voices

  By kevodell on December 5, 2021 • ( 0 )

  The Alliance For Reform (Alianza Por Las Reformas) recently issued a statement condemning state violence directed against those civil society actors fighting against systemic corruption and human rights abuses. Any errors in translation are mine. We Reject The Criminalisation Of… Read More ›

• FLD – Harassment, threats, smear campaign and criminalisation against ACOGUATE

  By kevodell on December 4, 2021 • ( 0 )

  Acts of harassment, threats, defamation and criminalisation campaigns against human rights defenders have no place in Guatemala and the elites of the country need to take responsibility for allowing this to happen. They continue to hide behind a thin veneer… Read More ›

• Denouncing Crackdown against Peaceful Protest in Guatemala

  By kevodell on December 1, 2021 • ( 0 )

  Grassroots International recently posted a piece focussing on the events in El Estor. It is a translation of a piece from ALBA Movimientos. On Sunday, October 24, the president of Guatemala declared a state of siege in the municipality of… Read More ›

• Condemnation of Human Rights Violations Occurring Under the State of Siege in El Estor

  By kevodell on November 29, 2021 • ( 0 )

  Ten human rights organisations recently released a joint statement condemning police brutality in El Estor. Read the pronouncement below. You can read the above condemnation on the website of GHRC, here, GHRC – Condemnation. You can read more about the… Read More ›

• “It pains me to tell you that the image of Canada is severely damaged”

  By kevodell on November 27, 2021 • ( 0 )

  Damning testimony in a new book reveals the horrific record of Canadian mining companies in Guatemala. Joan Baxter has written in the Canadian publication, Halifax Examiner, about a new book, Testimonio: Canadian Mining in the Aftermath of Genocides in Guatemala,… Read More ›

• BTS: Military Diary Case – Special Bulletin 23

  By kevodell on November 27, 2021 • ( 0 )

  The Maritimes-Guatemala Breaking the Silence Network (BTS) recently posted a Special Bulletin on the Military Diary Case (Caso Diario Militar) currently ongoing in Guatemala. The Military Diary, or Death Squad Diary, case relates to past crimes against humanity and is… Read More ›

• The Indigenous Leader Targeted for Protecting His People’s Land

  By kevodell on November 23, 2021 • ( 0 )

  The case of Bernardo Caal Xol is featured on this video from VICE as part of the Amnesty International campaign ‘Write For Rights’. “Why am I in jail? For denouncing what they are doing to the rivers, defending what little… Read More ›

• Guatemala Cracks Down on Q’eqchi’ Resistance in El Estor

  By kevodell on November 18, 2021 • ( 0 )

  In the latest episode of a lengthy saga of repression and resistance, Maya communities demanding to be consulted about a foreign-owned nickel mine in their territories now live under a state of siege. Vaclav Masek writes in NACLA on the… Read More ›

• Where Impunity Reigns: Nickel Mining in El Estor, Guatemala

  By kevodell on November 15, 2021 • ( 0 )

  James Rodríguez wrote an article for Latin American Perspectives on El Estor, looking at the history of the mine, including the history of state violence against those that live in the Q’eqchi’ Mayan territory. The violence goes back to at… Read More ›