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Did You Know?
> Guatemala has the most unequal land distribution in the Western Hemisphere, with large landholders who comprise only 2% of the population possessing 70% of the productive lands. > Attacks against human rights defenders in Guatemala increased between 2004 and 2005. In 2005, El Movimiento Nacional por los Derechos Humanos documented 224 attacks against human rights defenders, in comparison with 122 attacks in 2004. > On March 30, 2006, the 11th anniversary of the signing of the indigenous accord, tens of thousands of workers, farmers and indigenous people marched in Guatemala City to demand the strengthening of indigenous rights, restriction of open pit mining licenses, and funds for the Ministry of Agriculture to purchase land for redistribution. | |
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Local Sponsoring Communities and Who We Accompany
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Current U.S. Communities
Sponsoring Communities respond to alerts about human
rights violations and provide financial, political and
personal support to an accompanier. If you are interested
in joining an existing Sponsoring Community, feel free
to contact any on our list.
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Where and Who We Accompany
G.A.P. currently provides accompaniment
to witnesses involved in the genocide cases against
former dictators Romeo Lucas García (1978-1982)
and Efrain Ríos Montt (1982-1983), as well
as to organizations that work for justice and human
rights in Guatemala.
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Form a Local Sponsoring Community
Interested in supporting an accompanier
by forming a Sponsoring Community? We explain how
to get started and the basic steps throughout the
process.
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