Roman Gressier presents, in El Faro, an interview with Martín Toc, the President of the 48 Cantons of Totonicapán. Few organizations can paralyze Guatemala without setting foot in the capital. The 48 Cantons of Totonicapán, a Maya K’iche’ Indigenous authority… Read More ›
Solidarity in Action/Guatemala
Impunity Watch – complaint by victims to the UN
Impunity Watch Guatemala posted a tweet with a very short video. In the context of 25 Years Of Peace (#25AñosDeLaPaz) in #Guatemala we share the complaint presented by the victims of the armed conflict to the @UNHumanRights office against the… Read More ›
Marking Another Year of Community Resistance to the Escobal Mine
Val Croft writes in the MiningWatch Canada website about ongoing community resistance, in Guatemala, towards Canadian multinational mining interests. The above are solidarity statements presented in relation to the two resistance struggles featured. Nine years ago, faced with threats posed… Read More ›
We Reject The Criminalisation Of Critical Voices
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
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
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
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”
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
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
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 ›
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