The 31st January 2010 marks the 30th anniversary of the Guatemalan state attack on the Spanish Embassy and the massacre of 37 people. As well as a memorial, this highlights the barbarity of the regimes in this era. The… Read More ›
Human Rights
Guatemala: A Tax Code by and for the Oligarchs?
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Forwarded message: Seeking letters of recommendation for human rights defender Jesus Tecu
Forwarded message from Kathy Dill: I am seeking letters of recommendation for human rights defender Jesus Tecú Osorio, whom I am nominating for the Roger N. Baldwin Medal of Liberty Award. I am nominating him as an individual and speaking… Read More ›
SITRAPETEN eviction on NISGUA website
An urgent action has been posted on US organisation, NISGUA’s, website concerning the violent eviction of trade unionists from the central square in Guatemala City last month. For our post on the eviction (which includes links for further information) click… Read More ›
Interamerican Court finds against Guatemala in Dos Erres Case
After fifteen years of waiting for justice to be done in Guatemala the survivors and relatives of victims of the Dos Erres massacre have however received a favourable verdict elsewhere: the Interamerican Court of Human Rights found the state of… Read More ›
Violent eviction of trade unionists of SITRAPETEN from Parque Central
On the 10th – which happens to be International Human Rights Day – and 11th December members of the trade union SITRAPETÉN were violently evicted by the National Civil Police (PNC) from the makeshift huts in which they had for… Read More ›
Universal Jurisdiction in the UK – why it matters
On the dome of the Old Bailey, England’s Central Criminal Court, stands the statue of Justice, with her sword and scales, above an inscription which exhorts us to “Defend the children of the poor and punish the wrongdoer.” There is… Read More ›
Video: Interview with Yuri Melini, Environmental Activist
Yuri Melini, Director of CALAS, is an environmental campaigner for many years in Guatemala. Here in this film by Nicolas Bergeron about when he suffered an attempt on his life. Video is in Spanish with French subtitles.
Guatemalan communities reject mining in local territory
As multinational companies continue to seek licences for mineral exploitation in Guatemala, time and again local communities reject these initiatives in popular consultas comunitarias. Not only do they site the environmental damage that will be done to their lands, and the lack… Read More ›
Mexican Human Rights Defender in London
Peace Brigades International have organised a visit to London of the Mexican human rights defender Tita Radilla. She is the vice-president of the Mexican Association of Relatives of the Detained, Disappeared and Victims of Human Rights Violations (AFADEM). Her visit… Read More ›
Guatemala Solidarity Network 