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Send postcards of support to indigenous female activist attacked in Guatemala.

On July 4, Lolita Chavez, indigenous activist and human rights defender, narrowly escaped being lynched as four others were beaten by a violent group of people allied with Estuardo Castro, the mayor of Santa Cruz del Quiché and member of the ruling Patriot

Vote for "Justice for My Sister"

Check out this amazing project to combat deadly domestic violence in Guatemala and the United States. Vote for "Justice for My Sister" to give the director a chance to go to France to pitch her idea and expand the

Visit Guatemala this August with GHRC

We are pleased to announce that from August 3-11, 2013, GHRC will be leading its annual delegation "Women in Resistance: Seeking Justice for Genocide and Defending our Lands" Women across Guatemala are organizing to defend their rights. They are combating

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Conozco Guatemala y la situación de injusticia que provocó el conflicto armado y la feroz represión que llevaron a cabo los sucesivos gobiernos títeres de la oligarquía local y de los intereses yanquis contra la población indefensa. El juicio contra Ríos Montt trasciende el ámbito de Guatemala y se sitúa en la esfera global, en la medida en que los crímenes cometidos allá son crímenes de lesa humanidad, por lo que a toda la esfera global compete juzgarlos y castigarlos.

Antonio Tejedor Garcia

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We have to support the right stuff !

Porque los genocidios no pueden quedar impunes.

En nuestros Antepasados está la naturaleza de la verdad; debemos actuar ante la barbarie, injusticia social. El genocidio no puede quedar impune!

Those of us who worked for Justice in Central America in the 60,70,80s remember the massacres of mostly Native Peoples in Guatemala (although there were phases when certain other groups were picked out-the years of the massacre of teachers, etc.) It is estimated that over 1/4 of a million people were killed in Guatemala over the past 50 years-most of them civilians by military and paramilitary death squads. Take a minute and follow through with this.

Los genocidas tienen que ser castigados en vida. Jusgarlos y condenarlos por lo que han echo: asesinar a nuestros abuelos y abuelas!