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Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala

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2007 has begun with a series of alarming attacks against Guatemalan human rights organizations. Send an email to the Guatemalan government today. more >>>

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.

Local Sponsoring Communities and Who We Accompany
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Genocide Case Accompaniment

Since 1997, the Center for Human Rights Legal Action (CALDH) has been preparing legal cases in Guatemala against former dictators Romeo Lucas García (1978-1982) and Efrain Ríos Montt (1982-1983) along with their respective military high commands. The charges include genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes committed in 1981 and 1982. G.A.P. provides accompaniment to the witnesses participating in these cases.

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Organization Accompaniment

Since the beginning of 2000, threats and direct attacks have increased against Guatemalan labor unions, indigenous groups, exhumation teams, and other organizations working for justice and human rights. In response to this situation, and at the request of Guatemalan human rights leaders, G.A.P. initiated its Organization Accompaniment Program.

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