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Criminal complaint against Dutch bank FMO for assassination of Berta Caceres in Honduras
~Always follow the money~
The Dulles brothers & legacy of US interventions in Guatemala, Iran, Congo, Indonesia & beyond
Consider listening to this interview with author Stephen Kinzer - a refresher course on US interventions around the world on behalf of U.S. and western economic interests.
Raising funds for ‘Military Diary’ crimes against humanity trial in Guatemala, spearheaded by FAMDEGUA
FAMDEGUA
Asociación Familiares de Detenidos-Desaparecidos de Guatemala
Association of Relatives of the Disappeared-Detained in Guatemala
“El Derecho a la vida, es la base de todo derecho”
David Castillo gets 22 years in jail for role in 2016 assassination of Berta Caceres, Honduran Indigenous and and rights defender, anti-imperialist and anti-capitalist activist
“This is an important advance but the masterminds of the crime are still enjoying impunity thanks to their political and economic power. As victims of this crime, we, her family, members of Copinh and the Lenca people, will continue demanding justice from the Honduran state.”
(Laura Zúñiga Cáceres, daughter of Berta)
Guatemalan regime using criminal law to persecute judges & prosecutors Judge Miguel Angel Galvez: "We are spectators of how a country is going down the drain"
"We return to the issue of instrumentalizing criminal law, making the law a monopoly of a group of people. In this context, justice is a matter of power and not control of power. This is worrying, because it means that we are spectators of how a country is going down the drain”
Q’eqchi’ land & environment defenders vs Mining: A 60-year human rights & justice struggle
Greetings. I just finished an 18 day trip, mainly in the mining-harmed territories of the Maya Q’eqchi’ people in eastern Guatemala.
As I was completing this report / funding appeal, yet another Q’eqchi’ land and rights defender – Cristobal Pop (who Rights Action has been supporting since 2017) – has been (arbitrarily, of course) jailed.
Swiss mining operation in Guatemala as corrupt and illegal as Swiss cheese is hole-ey
“The Fenix Mining Project in Guatemala, of Swiss company Solway Investment Group, has operated illegally with the complicity of the governments of Presidents Jimmy Morales and Alejandro Giammattei”
Criminalización de María Choc, defensora de derechos humanos y territorio Q’eqchi’ María corre riesgo de siete años de prisión
María Choc es colega y amiga desde hace algo más de una década. Es una mujer Q’eqchi’ y defensora de derechos humanos e indígenas. Los Q'eqchi'es, una de las 23 naciones indígenas de Guatemala, viven en las tierras altas y bajas del norte del país.
Stop the criminalisation of Guatemalan Indigenous human rights defender María Choc
Maria Choc is sister-in-law of Adolfo Ich, a land and rights defender killed in 2009 while denouncing mining related harms and violations. She is sister of Angelica Choc, widow of Adolfo Ich, now leading justice struggles in Guatemala and Canada for the death of her husband. And, Maria is the sister of Ramiro Choc, who spent 6 years in jail as a political prisoner – criminalized on malicious charges for his land and rights defense work.