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.
Human Rights
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 ›
Public meeting in London – Latin American women to speak about mining issues
LAMMP (Latin American Mining Monitoring Programme), a member group of London Mining Network, is hosting a public meeting on Tuesday 13th October with rural and indigenous women activists from Latin America. The meeting will be at Amnesty International UK’s Human… Read More ›
Interamerican Commission of Human Rights concludes a visit to Guatemala
The Interamerican Commission on Human Rights recently concluded a visit to Guatemala. As one of the American bodies charged with oversight of the respect for human rights it periodically visits member states. These visits are part of its monitoring role,… Read More ›
Caja Lúdica
Guatemala’s murder rate is ten times the world average. The harsh streets of Guatemala City are packed with drugs, gangs and guns. Caja Lúdica is a youth arts collective, using arts and carnival activities to promote a culture of peace… Read More ›
Guatemala begins to identify civil war victims
Something made me check out the Al Jazeera website and I saw this little video. “During Guatemala’s 36-year civil war in which at least 200,000 people died, victims of the government’s death squads were buried in unmarked graves. Now they are… Read More ›
Peace Brigades International announcements
Peace Brigades International are an organisation you may already be aware of: they train and place accompaniers in various countries of the world. In their own words: "PBI is an international NGO that has been promoting nonviolence and protecting human… Read More ›
Attacks on Human Rights Workers
We have just received news from ACOGUATE of death threats and attacks suffered by staff of two human rights organizations in Guatemala, SEDEM and UDEFEGUA, in the last number of days. The messages were personal and referred to the work… Read More ›
Days of Papering
This is from a new photomontage from James Rodríguez and MiMundo. Next month, it will be 10 years since HIJOS Guatemala began their struggle in search of memory, truth and justice with reference to crimes against humanity committed by… Read More ›
Guatemala Solidarity Network 