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2009-03-11 02:08:23
2023-04-19 22:13:58
GHRCUSA
conv_1196#43000
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "Police in #Guatemala surveil #journalists. That’s why #USCitzenshipAct must not provide funding/training for police in surveillance tactics. @NormaJTorres" }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "@usembassyguate @VP UN Rapp. Victoria Tauli-Corpuz: \"The full implementatio...
2021-03-31T20:59:45+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_4367#43001
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "@usembassyguate @VP Corruption of state institutions, including now possibly the Constitutional Court, was among the topics discussed, we hope? Lack of implementation of the Peace Accords, designed to address the grave inequalities . . . land conflicts, evictions, displacement...
2021-03-31T17:09:48+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_3215#43002
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "Defense of Land and the Environment: GHRC is actively investigating and documenting land conflicts in rural and indigenous communities where extractive industries attempt to dispossess them of their land and access to water." }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "GHRC i...
2021-03-31T17:09:47+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_4533#43003
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "In theme with our celebration week, here is a brief timeline of GHRC's history and accomplishments. \n\nYou can read the rest of our timeline and list of our accomplishments on the Alice Zachmann Defenders Fund webpage: https://t.co/YBQry8ZwFW #Guatemala #HumanRights https://t...
2021-03-29T20:12:21+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_9891#43004
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "Staff member Shari Turitz and Oswaldo Enriquez, Director of the CDHG office in Costa Rica, at GHRC's 1992 Conference on Torture in Guatemala. https://t.co/ijLdG6rV33" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "As we highlight the fund, GHRC's history and other important wor...
2021-03-15T14:45:21+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_7395#43005
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "@jpmcsherry @MendezFactor @SLASLatAm @luhazan @villagrimaldi @mollyravery @robertogarciauy @rjstrikers @ImpunityWatchGt @LASAHISTORIA Gracias, Patty!" }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Today #Abelino Chub Caal’s acquittal was confirmed. Thank you @CoDevCanada @CDHAL...
2021-03-10T23:02:48+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_2028#43006
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "El gobierno guatemalteco debe fortalecer la legislación, las políticas y las estructuras institucionales para la protección, incluso contra la criminalización, de los defensores de los derechos humanos. #AbelinoChubCaal #DDHH #Guatemala #HumanRights" }, { "speaker": "O...
2021-03-09T01:14:32+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_8127#43007
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "#DerechosHumanos #HumanRights @usembassyguate @HouseForeign" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "The Guatemalan government must strengthen legislation, policies, and institutional structures for the protection, including from criminalization, of human rights defenders...
2021-03-08T22:16:27+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_9645#43008
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "We, the undersigned organizations, denounce the criminalization of defenders and the dispossession of Indigenous lands through the improper application of the law against those defending their legitimate and legal rights." }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "The Guatem...
2021-03-05T22:17:16+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_6364#43009
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "@pbiusa" }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "@PBI_Mexico" } ]
2021-03-04T20:58:46+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_4106#43010
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "@GStephanopoulos Thanks for your support of #DiannaOrtiz." }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "@ApuFenci @HRDPGuatemala Leave a comment on our memorial page: https://t.co/hLISPY4KEK" }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "“We hope the Special Prosecutor, Fernando...
2021-03-01T06:12:45+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_2585#43011
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "@EnviroDefenders Shelly Summerlin-Long, who was an intern at GHRC (and helped do a ton of research for free on the book, combing through thousands of pages of declassified documents with her fiancé, Jeff) and Kateri Caron, a long-time friend of Alice's and GHRC volunteer." },...
2021-03-01T05:19:49+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_5153#43012
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "“She is not a saint not because she walked through hell but because she came out with nothing but love.” Sister Lorraine, just now, at the vigil for #DiannaOrtiz" }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "@GHRCUSA" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "Dianna with Je...
2021-02-28T19:51:11+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_2363#43013
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "The sign that sat in front of Dianna while she was on her vigil. Almost 25 years ago and still so little has been revealed. #justicia #Guatemala https://t.co/Y6WfAtW8nA" }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "#DiannaOrtiz, receiving an award with Sister Alice in New York...
2021-02-28T19:39:37+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_9853#43014
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "We will always remember her this way, planning to say something gentle and witty. https://t.co/fq91tLUufE" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "Another pic from the GHRC files. With all love, we remember #DiannaOrtiz. https://t.co/igM8NSDhbo" }, { "speaker": "...
2021-02-28T18:52:10+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_2590#43015
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Remembering Dianna https://t.co/BEnEFC6jH3" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "@UDEFEGUA @SenatorLeahy @ClaudiaPazyPaz" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "@KerryKennedyRFK @laurirose" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "@PrensaComunitar @nomadagt...
2021-02-27T00:11:20+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_2919#43016
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "We have put up a memorial page for Dianna Ortiz. Please visit and leave your thoughts and memories. https://t.co/ofThMt0wFH\n\nFuneral services and Mass will be live-streamed. See https://t.co/Bf5LUriQ5t for info. #DiannaOrtiz presente! #Guatemala" }, { "speaker": "SEL...
2021-02-23T18:05:08+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_6599#43017
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "@NISGUA_Guate @amnestyusa @pbiusa @HRDPGuatemala @FrontLineHRD @StateDept @StateDRL" }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "In light of this situation, we fear for #AbelinoChubCaal and call on the international community to monitor the hearing and denounce the undue use o...
2021-02-23T16:54:46+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_9954#43018
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "He was accused of burning burning trees in the palm farm but was acquitted of all charges in April 2019 & freed after serving more than 2 years in pretrial detention. \n\nTomorrow, at 10:00 AM, High Risk Court A will hear an appeal in the criminal case against #AbelinoChub...
2021-02-20T05:31:55+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_7592#43019
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "@tucurclaux El amor para el pueblo de Guatemala y para la justicia que tenia Dianna la motivo a traves de su lucha para la justicia. Tuvimos la gran suerte de tenerla en nuestras vidas. https://t.co/74RmLOaPXS" }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Dianna Ortiz, presente...
2021-02-19T22:13:56+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_8730#43020
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "\"The Biden administration is ending agreements with the governments of El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras that the Trump administration said were meant to help drive down the number of migrants seeking asylum at the U.S. border.\"\n\nhttps://t.co/H7vPSnT1iV" }, { "sp...
2021-02-07T22:30:39+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_5164#43021
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "\"Alejandro Giammattei, presumió durante su informe del primer año de gobierno que 2020 fue el periodo con menos violencia en 35 años. Aunque parecen noticias alentadoras, un análisis pormenorizado de los datos permite concluir que no lo son tanto.\"\n\nhttps://t.co/QP2nKdZMRg"...
2021-02-02T13:39:00+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_7256#43022
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "Según ONU Mujeres, Guatemala es uno de los países con la mayor tasa de muertes violentas de mujeres.\n\n\"Jorge Rafael Zea Mejía fue ligado a proceso penal por el delito de femicidio, es señalado de asesinar a su esposa Luz María del Rocio Lopez.\" #NiUnaMenos https://t.co/as7...
2021-01-29T16:46:34+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_4781#43023
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "See a summary of the report and recommendations for the Biden administration: https://t.co/0mv9Qq1WrQ" }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "More human rights defenders were attacked last year in #Guatemala than at any time in the last 2 decades. Prioritize human rights ...
2021-01-23T23:04:38+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_2432#43024
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Los acuerdos ACAs entre los gobiernos de Centroamérica y EEUU viola derechos humanos de los migrantes. https://t.co/BntiwYrCPT" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "In 2018, Bernardo Caal, Maya Q'eqchi' indigenous leader, was sentenced without evidence to more than 7 y...
2021-01-13T17:02:00+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_9377#43025
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Nuestra solidaridad y los mejores deseos de justicia y libertad en este dia de su su compleanos. @BernardoCaal2 ✊#ddhh #humanrights #Guatemala" }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Anastasia Mejía, an indigenous journalist, is under house arrest in Guatemala. Latin Amer...
2020-12-02T02:07:58+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_3812#43026
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "@WesCSays" }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "@elcanche @ApuFenci @JFranzblau @KatJohnsonDC @JeanMarieSimon1 @flippantseal" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "It's Giving Tuesday! Please consider giving to GHRC to help us support defenders in Guatemala! ht...
2020-11-26T13:48:15+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_4173#43027
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "@ApuFenci @HRDPGuatemala" }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "GHRC is extremely concerned about reports of violations of the right to peaceful assembly, arbitrary arrests, criminalization of peaceful protesters, and the excessive use of force in Guatemala. Fundamental...
2020-10-18T20:30:26+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_9173#43028
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "New post: Killings of Defenders Increase Sharply https://t.co/3b7ErvHwZk" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "GHRC is hiring! See how you can be part of the work. https://t.co/9ZkfUVLUwL \n#ddhh #makeadifference" }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Ramshackl...
2020-05-05T22:58:48+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_7162#43029
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "The #WaPo once called our building \"ramshackle\"? https://t.co/02NA37GsjZ Rather than fancy digs, we have chosen since our founding to be in solidarity. Our funds go to promoting #HumanRights.\n#GivingTuesday #ddhh Help us do our work. https://t.co/PFfF2sLkUo" }, { "sp...
2020-05-04T22:33:12+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_6976#43030
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "@LCarasik @JFranzblau @jenniferharbury" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "GHRC Communications and Advocacy Coordinator Jackie McVicar is quoted in Texas Public Radio’s piece on COVID-19: The Human Consequences of Flattening the Curve. https://t.co/vxz52FLX4B" }, ...
2020-04-29T23:08:29+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_9624#43031
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Riot police at the entrance of El Roble in zone 1 Guatemala City get ready to accompany food delivery to 300 families in need." }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "On the slate for Congressional plenary today in Guatemala: approving a $150,000,000.00 Inter American De...
2020-04-04T19:17:18+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_6268#43032
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "15% of Guatemala’s GPD comes from remittances from the US. So when the US economy tanks, the impacts in Guatemala are huge. The situation for folx surviving on this income is stark." }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "In the wake of #COVID19, @UNHumanRights has urge...
2020-04-03T13:15:35+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_2412#43033
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "On March 31, a Guatemalan asylum seeker was killed during a riot and fire at a migration station in Tenosique, Mexico." }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Maya Kiche feminist land defender Lolita Chávez: “Like our ancestors have told us, we’ve no path except to strugg...
2020-04-03T12:58:45+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_2159#43034
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Another month without #Justice4Berta" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "The majority of Guatemalans work in the informal economy. Instead of passing bills and decrees at this moment of crisis that would support support them, Congress is focusing on bonuses for the e...
2020-04-03T04:43:45+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_9494#43035
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "Wow. Just wow. Put the sound on and try to understand which of the repressive laws corrupt Guatemalan politicians are trying to pass, without letting anyone get in a word in edgewise." }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Ongoing closed door plenary session in Guatemal...
2020-03-10T00:55:40+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_5058#43036
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "Despite violence & attacks against them, the peaceful resistance at La Puya has stopped US mining from entering their territory in Guatemala for 8 years. Faith, music and art have been at the heart of their creative resistance. #LaPuyaResiste https://t.co/E5Sto4SFVW" }, ...
2020-03-05T02:00:49+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_3861#43037
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "#Cedaw #Guatemala https://t.co/hhoiFmHUVW" }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "#BertaVive in our hearts and minds and collective struggles, Berta lives on. https://t.co/XRoWapCqdi" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "We accompany the four year anniversary of ...
2020-03-02T04:33:29+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_6333#43038
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "We are honoured to accompany the 4th anniversary of the sowing of Berta Cáceres - starting with a documentary showing in the Central Park of La Esperanza. “She is the keeper of the waters.” #JusticiaParaBerta https://t.co/7Gb2q3IoUi" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text"...
2020-02-27T18:18:16+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_2448#43039
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "@PrensaComunitar @PDHgt @Oacnudh_GT @UNSR_VickyTauli #Alerta #Chicoyou https://t.co/zaZuhJkZPx" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "#Alerta el Ministerio de Defensa de #Guatemala está impulsando un desalojo de la comunidad Q’eqchi Chicoyou. https://t.co/8MvBO5RlA3" ...
2020-02-21T01:32:33+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_9824#43040
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "#SocialJusticeDay\n#FreedomForGuapinol https://t.co/gWxRELnfZS" }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "#20Feb World Social Justice Day #Honduras: “We’re under a system where justice doesn’t exist.” Juana Zúniga, partner of #Guapinol political prisoner, jailed for defendin...
2020-02-20T17:03:18+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_9503#43041
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Next week: “People’s Gathering for Water” in Tegucigalpa. Although rich in water sources,\n#Honduras is facing a water crisis due to extractive projects that criminalize and put people’s lives and livelihoods at risk. #SomosAguaSomosVida #SolidaridadGuapinol https://t.co/u4DeNw...
2020-02-18T17:48:10+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_9588#43042
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "@MisionCaso Arte original por @skarabajo . #BertaVive https://t.co/D3x3PzvuB6" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "Trabajamos con movimientos y orgs nacionales e internacionales para reconocer, desestigmatizar y dignificar a las personas que defienden sus territorio...
2020-02-15T21:07:02+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_7515#43043
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "#MariaInocente https://t.co/r1u736voY6" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "563 Hondurans and Salvadorans have been sent to Guatemala through the US implementation of “SafeThird Country” agreement in November 2019." } ]
2020-02-13T12:22:23+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_1166#43044
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "GHRC is proud to work with Honduran and international colleagues in monitoring the Berta Caceres Case. This week, we presented the findings and recommendations of our report, “An Historican Debt of Justice” to the President of the Supreme Court, Rolando Argueta." }, { ...
2020-02-12T11:23:45+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_4721#43045
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Maya Q’eqchi defender Maria Choc is facing trumped up charges for asserting indigenous community rights. She faces a pretrial hearing this week. #LibertadMariaChoc https://t.co/ckooqaZR7g" }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Guatemalan President Giammattei is showing p...
2020-02-01T01:33:10+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_8430#43046
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Juana Reymundo Vive. #NiUnaMenos" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "GHRC joins international organization calling on Mexico to stop obstructing and criminalizing the work of those defending the human rights of migrants. Mexico - and Central America - are not walls. ...
2020-01-30T14:50:45+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_1170#43047
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "#SiHuboViolenciaSexual https://t.co/By3qezqsWD" }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "#Alerta Francisco Cuxum, acusado de criminenes de lesa humanidad y violencia sexual de 36 Mujeres Achi, fue deportado hoy de los EEUU. Actualmente está en la Torre de Tribunales, nivel ...
2020-01-28T13:51:24+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_7638#43048
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "The last two weeks have been a wild ride in Guatemala. Join us Wednesday for a webinar with Guatemala political analyst Gustavo Illescas about the new presidency its impacts.\nRegister: https://t.co/Ox01qWpBe8 https://t.co/EocmVOMaBe" }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text"...
2020-01-27T03:41:44+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_5312#43049
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "Riot Police now occupy Maya Chuj territory & the “Peace and Development” Agreement is falling into place for the new Guatemalan government and its supporters with close ties to the military, Catholic Church and business sector." }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": ...
2020-01-25T18:59:08+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_1767#43050
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "We are deeply concerned about an unfolding crisis in San Mateo Ixtatán, Guatemala. The Giammattei government, thorough ministers, secretaries and strategists closely aligned with coup-era military and resource extraction companies, is taking steps to incite fear in the region....
2020-01-25T13:44:19+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_7835#43051
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Today is “Day of the Endangered Lawyer.” Honduran and Guatemalan human rights lawyers are criminalized & face defamation campaigns. They are stalked, threatened and face physical violence for defending rights of the most vulnerable." }, { "speaker": "SELF", "tex...
2020-01-25T00:02:18+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_6561#43052
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "Organizaciones internacionales condenamos los ataques contra @Casa_MigranteGT y reiteramos nuestro apoyo a su digno trabajo para proteger y promover los derechos de los y las migrantes. El estado guatemalteco debe de garantizar su integridad física. https://t.co/Blf59u6wf7" ...
2020-01-24T13:05:44+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_2539#43053
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "@m_ines_taracena This week at @Casa_MigranteGT we spoke with a young Indigenous man returned that day from U.S. He was from Sayaxché, Guate. In 2015, int’ly backed palm oil company discharged effluent there in Passion River, committing ecocide. Those in opposition were killed ...
2020-01-23T22:17:15+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_7673#43054
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "Alejandro Giammattei is the new Guatemalan President: Now what? Webinar with Guatemalan anthropologist and political analyst Gustavo Illescas. Wednesday, January 29 at 12pm Eastern time. Register: https://t.co/Ox01qWpBe8 https://t.co/VvdvfatLN4" }, { "speaker": "SELF",...
2020-01-18T14:02:40+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_9751#43055
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "@palabrasdeabajo Any ACA returnees?" }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "@VerdadJusticiaG @aronlindb @MPguatemala Entonces, es una clausura provisional? Definió un tiempo para la continuación de la investigación?" }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Today on ...
2020-01-14T23:49:47+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_8324#43056
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Thousands gather to welcome Q’anjon’al journalist Palas Luin home in Barillas after being illegally detained for two weeks by the Guatemalan State. The community’s resistance to hydroelectric projects in their territory remains strong. https://t.co/HlYXq6ZIBp" }, { "spe...
2020-01-11T15:33:47+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_4110#43057
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Honduran and Salvadoran asylum seeking families were returned to Guatemala this week through the ACA. Many didn’t know they were being sent to Guatemala until the plane hit the tarmac. https://t.co/MCU1dOTybW" }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Alvaro Arzu, president ...
2020-01-11T15:20:06+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_8054#43058
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "First stop this morning for the “Life and Freedom Caravan,”\nAccompanying Maya Q’anjobal’ journalist Palas Luin back home after being illegally detained for almost 2 weeks: San Juan Ixcoy. https://t.co/UgvrrQEzsq" }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "“Life and Freedom” ...
2020-01-10T23:48:01+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_2785#43059
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "“This is for defending life - of everyone.” Palas Luin should be immediately released; the judge ruled there was no reason for his arrest. https://t.co/zlQfFFocYr" }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Palas Luin, Qanjobal journalist who has been illegally detained for ...
2020-01-03T17:09:28+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_5494#43060
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Palas Luin is about to face judge in high risk court B in Guatemala City. State Prosecutor dropped charges related to his resistance to hydro electric project in 2016 but the Maya Qanjobal journalist was arrested 13 days ago and has been detained ever since. https://t.co/Qtozvv...
2019-12-26T02:00:40+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_4212#43061
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "December 25: deadline for @MinfinGT to obey court order and transfer funds to @PDHgt to ensure the institutions’s work promoting and protecting human rights in #Guatemala continues." }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "@MinfinGT still hasn’t obeyed court order to pro...
2019-12-25T05:58:03+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_8109#43062
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "Guapinol Environmental Defenders, in detention in #Honduras since September 2019, pending trial on unsupported charges. #LibertadParaGuapinol https://t.co/3tXaovW2aB" }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Bernardo Caal Xol, sentenced in 2018 in #Guatemala to more than 7...
2019-12-25T02:02:58+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_9333#43063
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "💚💙Remember imprisoned human rights defenders in #Guatemala and #Honduras these holidays. No more political prisoners for defending water and territory! #Solidaridad 👇🏽" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "Militarization of San Juan Ixcoy today provokes serious c...
2019-12-23T15:00:50+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_7664#43064
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "En Boston, Sentencian a ex PAC vinculado a masacre, violencia sexual y Crímenes de lesa humanidad en #Guatemala https://t.co/xNbS83Bdst" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "Friday: A step towards justice for crimes against humanity & sexual violence in #Guatemala...
2019-12-20T00:04:39+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_8498#43065
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "GHRC is deeply concerned about the unfolding criminal process against three Q’eqchi women from Semuy 2. They have been charged for their supposed role in incidents leading up to the state of siege declared in Sept. Today, their conditional release on bond was ordered. https://t...
2019-12-16T01:47:01+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_9924#43066
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Alfonso José Quiñónez Lemus, the brother of Guatemala City Mayor Ricardo Quiñónez, has been named the new Ambassador for #Guatemala in Washington. He previously worked inwith one of the most powerful companies in the country, Cementos Progreso." }, { "speaker": "OTHER",...
2019-12-10T11:49:07+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_6915#43067
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "GHRC honors Rabinal Community Legal Clinic with annual Alice Zachmann Human Rights Defenders Award in recognition of their work prosecuting crimes against humanity, massacres, extrajudicial murders, sexual violence & forced displacement of indigenous communities in #Guatem...
2019-12-02T19:36:25+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_6322#43068
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Today, a year after the trial ended with a guilty verdict, 7 men will be sentenced for murder of Lenca activist Berta Caceres in #Honduras - including DESA employees and active members of the armed forces. Those who paid for her murder haven’t been arrested. #JusticiaParaBerta"...
2019-11-29T15:19:05+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_3741#43069
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "GHRC is proud to be part of the International Observer Mission that has monitored the Berta Caceres case and the first trial for her assassination. On Monday, December 2, join the global day of action and call for #JusticeForBerta. https://t.co/4CRWEeqRql" }, { "speake...
2019-11-28T21:11:58+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_2962#43070
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "Yesterday, members of military high command during Lucas Garcia dictatorship were indicted; tomorrow head of military operations from Rios Montt dictatorship faces initial hearing. All for genocide & crimes against humanity. Prosecution and sanction for those responsible!"...
2019-11-14T02:12:28+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_6021#43071
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "#Guatemala Police Archives, found by chance 15 yrs ago, is a trove of secret intelligence; it has served to show systematic state persecution & targeted violence of student activists, union leaders & anyone identified as “subversive” during armed conflict. It must be p...
2019-11-11T22:47:13+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_4539#43072
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Proud to join international human rights organizations and legal experts to support indigenous Maya Q’eqchi communities advocating for their voices to be heard and taken into account prior to the implementation of extractive projects in their territories. #FPIC" }, { "s...
2019-11-07T12:25:17+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_6429#43073
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "Today, behind a closed door hearing, National Jurisdiction Judge Lisseth Vallecillo refused to grant conditional release for #Guapinol defenders who have been in pretrial jail since September 1. #JusticiaParaGuapinol https://t.co/vGnryhixox" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", ...
2019-11-04T18:33:52+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_2423#43074
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "The bond hearing for the #Guapinol water defenders was just announced for November 5 in #Honduras. They should face their legal proceedings in #Freedom! #LibertadParaGuapinol https://t.co/ZN2ySijvfm" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "GHRC joins the urgent call for t...
2019-10-31T01:50:16+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_4965#43075
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "Terrible news out of #Guatemala. Today, Q’eqchi community leaders organized in @CCDA_Guatemala were sentenced to 35 yrs in jail. We stand with their community, who reported to us that they feel like they’re imprisoned in their own home due to criminalization against them." }...
2019-10-30T12:08:07+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_9552#43076
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Libertad para los Defensores de Guapinol en #Honduras! \n\n*Revise las medidas Ya.\n*Garantice la liberación inmediata de los defensores de Guapinol.\n✊🏽Basta la criminalización de las y los defensores del territorio!\n\n#SolidaridadGuapinol\n#LibertadParaGuapinol https://t.co...
2019-10-30T02:01:04+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_7219#43077
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "#Guapinol Water defenders in #Honduras should be immediately released and continue their legal process in freedom. #LibertadParaGuapinol https://t.co/quVgeeYFNF" }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "¿Porque no están en la carceleta?" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", ...
2019-10-29T15:22:07+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_2229#43078
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Wow. Just wow. Last week we learned of a criminal complaint filed against the 15 survivors of the Guatemala “safe home” fire, blaming them for the fire that killed 41 vulnerable girls. Now we find out the lawyer who supposedly filed the complaint had his name forged.#FueElEstad...
2019-10-25T20:36:39+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_9268#43079
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "#OJO: Guatemalan president elect Giammattei yesterday announced the creation of a security cabinet: @cmiguate reports members are *all* members of military: 1989 coup plotters, close to Álvaro Arzú, intelligence. #Guatemala" }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Today: ...
2019-10-24T22:56:07+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_7778#43080
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "Honduran authorities are refusing to move #Guapinol water defenders out of max security jail La Tolva even though there are two judicial orders to do so. ⁦@IPenitenciario⁩ must comply now! ⁦@sedhHonduras⁩ ⁦@ONUDDHH⁩ #TrasladoYA! https://t.co/sNk0Q6OQLf" }, { "speaker"...
2019-10-24T16:02:21+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_8973#43081
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "#Alert #Honduras: Municipal Committee in Defense of Common & Public Goods of Tocoa is reporting that #Guapinol Water Defenders must be moved out of La Tolva max security jail immediately. @IPenitenciario must comply with Court Order. @sedhHonduras #LibertadParaGuapinol htt...
2019-10-21T23:50:18+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_7309#43082
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Indigenous Q’eqchi’ teacher & activist Bernardo Caal has been punished for defending his homelands & sacred rivers in #Guatemala from the development of WB funded dam project. He’s serving > 7 years in prison for speaking truth to power. #BernardoInocente #LibertadPr...
2019-10-18T21:11:06+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_9565#43083
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "Today, we remember & honor the struggle of murdered environmental activist Carlos Escaleras >2 decades ago in #Honduras by supporting Guapinol Water Defenders *today* #WaterIsLife #SolidarityGuapinol https://t.co/iXncO4RbBx" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": ...
2019-10-17T22:44:11+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_8719#43084
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "El FMLN terminó sus dos gobiernos sin insistir a #Guatemala en un acuerdo para detener la minería con impacto transfronterizo. El nuevo gobierno aún no retoma el tema. https://t.co/hkvNKKvKT0" }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Judge Claudette Domínguez will *not* p...
2019-10-17T19:50:51+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_9267#43085
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "US Senator Patrick Leahy today recognizes & congratulates Municipal Committee of Tocoa in Defence of Common & Public Goods for work protecting the #Guapinol River in #Honduras & recognizes their right to peacefully protest mining while calling for justice. #Solidari...
2019-10-16T20:38:44+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_9167#43086
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "Today in DC: Chixoy dam affected communities still fight for justice. GHRC calls for an end to multilateral bank funding to projects that violate human rights around the world! 2pm at Earthrights International Offices; 1612 K Street NW #800. https://t.co/1ICD7SbOBx" }, { ...
2019-10-04T20:32:37+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_8606#43087
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "“El acceso al agua es inviolable. Sin agua todos vamos a desaparecer. Es necesario organizarse para defenderlo” #Honduras #GuapinolResiste #LibertadParaGuapinol https://t.co/SKuV0f0m5E" }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "@lahoragt @PrensaComunitar @prensa_libre @crfg...
2019-10-04T18:58:45+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_3456#43088
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "La campaña de destituir al Procurador @JordanRodas y la negativa a asignar fondos a la PDH atentan contra los DDHH y el estado de derecho en #Guatemala. Orgs intls reiteramos nuestro apoyo. https://t.co/NX5XWgyjbG" }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "GHRC joins Intern...
2019-10-04T17:48:14+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_1694#43089
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "The Ministry of Defense is reporting that 7728 soldiers have been mobilized during the state of siege in 22 departments in #Guatemala." }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "Rep Giordano from oficial FCN party in #Guatemala is leading initiative to have Human Rights Omb...
2019-10-02T11:22:58+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_5942#43090
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Guatemalan media is Reporting that the Jimmy Morales Administration will seek to extend the State of Siege into 2 municipalities of Solola. They are also evaluating whether or not to extend the current state of siege in 22 municipalities in 6 other departments." }, { "s...
2019-09-27T16:28:27+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_2810#43091
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "In 2013, a national high risk court ruled that *there was #genocide in Guatemala*. A year ago, the courts reaffirmed that decision. Today and everyday we remember the 100s of 1000s of Indigenous Maya children, women and men who were targets for extermination. They live on." ...
2019-09-24T14:15:21+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_1217#43092
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "Starting soon! Public presentation: “Violence, Corruption & Impunity: Honduran Energy Industry and the murder of Berta Caceres” 🗓 Sept 24. 🕰 10am 🏢 ERI offices 1612 K St NW #800 with @Ghrc, @dplf, @RFKHumanRights @SOAWatch @EarthRightsIntl @cejil @COPINHHONDURAS @MovAmp...
2019-09-24T12:52:45+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_8039#43093
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "Join us!! Public Event in DC with Bertha Zúniga, Coordinator of Copinh and daughter of Berta Caceres: Tuesday, Sept 24 at 10am at ERI offices - 1612 K St #800. “Violence, Corruption & Impunity in the Honduran Energy Industry & the Murder of Berta Caceres.” #SomosBerta ...
2019-09-23T20:33:22+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_8239#43094
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "Family members of Xinca Authorities who were detained a week ago as punishment for exerting their right to reclaim their Indigenous Municipal Office, gather around their lawyers to hear that their loved ones will continue to face legal uncertainty & no known date to get ou...
2019-09-23T16:59:53+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_1215#43095
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "Last week, elected Xinca Authorities of Jutiapa tried to recuperate their Indigenous Townhall after a group of self-proclaimed leaders - with interests in an infrastructure megaproject running through Xinca territory- took it over. They were attacked by anti-riot police & ...
2019-09-22T18:47:41+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_3900#43096
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "🔥highly recommended: “Burden of Peace” documents remarkable tenure of Claudia Paz y Paz Bailey as Guatemala’s Attorney General & her uphill battle to make structural changes within the Public Prosecutors Office in a country facing 98% impunity rates. https://t.co/1r02t2aV...
2019-09-21T21:44:02+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_4728#43097
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "The Human Rights Ombuds (@PDHgt) office had its funding drastically cut at the end of August and now Guatemala press is reporting that the root of changes in the congressional HHRR committee is to sack the institution’s director and outspoken hhrr defender, @JordanRodas." }, ...
2019-09-19T21:03:56+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_6207#43098
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "Next Wed. Sept. 25, a Honduran Judge will decide whether or not to send DESA GM David Castillo to trial for the murder of Berta Cáceres. The abundance of evidence already presented to the court clearly shows that this case should go to trial. @cejil @COPINHHONDURAS @DPLF_info"...
2019-09-17T23:40:59+00:00
GHRCUSA
conv_2942#43099
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "Court documents from Canada show that Cesar Montes, an ex guerrila combatant turned “negotiator”, coordinated directly with top management of Canada’s Skye Resources/CGN nickel mining company to instiill practices of psychological war fare prior to violent land evictions in 20...
2019-09-10T22:33:07+00:00