23 Sep Thank You, Iván Velásquez!
CICIG Commissioner Iván Velásquez taught us that change is not made by individuals but by teams of committed people....
Skylight Blog
Stories and updates from our team.
19 Sep CONVERSATION WITH IZABEL ACEVEDO: HOW A GUATEMALAN FILM FESTIVAL IS BRINGING “THE CITY WHERE WE LIVE TO THE COUNTRY WHERE WE WERE BORN”
Pamela Yates: Why did the Colectivo Guatemala Florecerá decide to organize a film festival around the theme of Filming Justice: Memory & Genocide in Guatemala? Izabel Acevedo: Talking about the transitional...
06 Sep As a FARC Leader Announces Return to Arms, Colombian Community Organizers and Rights Defenders like Ninfa Cruz Face Grave Risks
We hope to create virtual networks to accompany vulnerable activists, sending a signal to those that would harm them that "the world is watching."...
03 Sep U.S. SITS BACK AS IMPUNITY ROARS BACK INTO GUATEMALA
The forces of impunity in Guatemala are roaring back with a vengeance and their closing of the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala on September 3, 2019 is a stark...
05 Aug GUATEMALAN ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENDERS SEEK ASYLUM IN EL PASO DAYS BEFORE TERROR ATTACK AIMED AT IMMIGRANTS
By Pamela Yates Leer en español It started as a WhatsApp message and became a documentary film journey. “I’m worried that they will kill me or harm a member of my family....
15 Jul HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS KILLED IN GUATEMALA: THE PAST INVADES THE PRESENT
Guatemalan human rights and land defenders with the Skylight Team in the Totonicapán ancestral forest. By Pamela Yates What do two indigenous leaders fleeing the Guatemalan highlands, a spate of assassinations of human rights...
