PI joins the statement of local and international organizations in the face of the growing escalation of attacks on the press in Guatemala and we regret the closure of elPeriódico

Las organizaciones locales e internacionales firmantes manifestamos nuestra profunda preocupación por el cierre de elPeriódico en Guatemala, un medio de comunicación independiente y con una larga trayectoria de fiscalización al poder, que ha anunciado hoy el término de su edición diaria por la persecución y hostigamiento al que han sido sometidos los y las periodistas, […]

Celebrating 10 Years of Struggle and Resistance at La Puya

To the communities of San José de Golfo and San Pedro Ayampuc, We wish to express our congratulations this March 2 for your 10 years of brave peaceful resistance in defense of water, life, and community health and against mining and the Progreso VII Derivada project, owned by U.S. mining company Kappes, Cassiday & Associates […]

195 International Organizations Denounce Latest Attacks Against Members of the Peaceful Resistance to Escobal Mine

Demands for an investigation and an end to company interference in Guatemala following assassination attempt and threats against members of the peaceful resistance to the Canadian-owned Escobal mine 21 January 2021 To whom it may concern, The below-signed organizations denounce the assassination attempt against Mr. Julio David González Arango, a member of the Peaceful Resistance […]

National and international organizations call for an end to threats and harassment against journalists and human rights defenders in the Q’eqchi’ Maya territory

Download the original declaration here We, the undersigned national and international human rights organizations, express our concern for the threats, intimidation and provocations that human rights defenders, journalists and social communicators are suffering in El Estor, Izabal. In the second week of June, workers at the Solway-CGN mine took part in intimidatory actions against those […]

Stigmatisation and Criminalisation of Human Rights Defenders in Guatemala | Criminalisation Series #4

7/12/2018 – On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Defenders, Protection International (PI) today launches the fourth publication of its Criminalisation Series, Stigmatisation and Criminalisation of Human Rights Defenders in Guatemala in the context of mega-hydroelectric projects. Although the Declaration on Human Rights Defenders remains a fundamental […]

Guatemalan indigenous communities file complaint for dams’ damages

Protection International supports the affected communities of the microregion Ixquisis, together with the Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense (AIDA), the International Platform Against Impunity, Front Line Defenders and the Plurinational Ancestral Government of Q’anjob’al, Popti, Chuj and Akateko. The communities have filed a complaint to the Inter-American Development Bank for it to divest from Pojom […]

Front Line Defenders entrega su Premio para Defensores de Derechos Humanos en Riesgo 2018 a la Resistencia Pacífica de Ixquisis

Guatemala, 11 Junio 2018 Las comunidades defensoras de derechos humanos de Guatemala, la Resistencia Pacífica de la Microregión de Ixquisis, con la que Protection International Mesoamérica colabora, ha sido galardonada por el Premio Front Line Defenders 2018 para Defensores/as de Derechos Humanos en Riesgo para las Américas, en reconocimiento a su esfuerzo colectivo y lucha pacífica […]

Guatemala Human Rights Group Wins 2018 Front Line Defenders Award for the Americas

For the first time in its 13-year history, the Front Line Defenders Award human rights defenders at risk was given to activists from five countries   #communitiesareHRDs Protection International celebrates that the Peaceful Resistance of the Microregion of Ixquisis has received the award, which is a recognition of the collective nature of the defense of […]