The Lasting Legacy of the Rios Montt Guilty Verdict
Five Guatemalans who were all at the trial of General Efraín Ríos Montt, who testified, documented, and wrote about it, share their thoughts about its legacy ten years later....
10 May
05 Sep
The CICIG Touched a Raw Nerve in the Military and Economic elite
The CICIG* Touched a Raw Nerve in the Military and Economic elite By Irma Alicia Velásquez Nimatuj In 500 years, no one has even come close to achieving the high level work that the CICIG team has carried out – except for the government of Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán...
11 Dec
The Right to Vote is Under Attack
Voter suppression affects us all. The enemies of democracy understand well the power of the vote—otherwise they would not wage war on it. [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_erPeKtmY-Y[/embedyt] Tomorrow’s special election for US Senator from Alabama could help topple the Republican majority in the US Senate. But this election will...
10 Dec
SKYLIGHT’S 2017 HUMAN RIGHTS CHAMPIONS LIST
The Skylight team has created this list that includes some of our favorite organizations, individuals, and movements that served as an inspiration to us in 2017. We were inspired by their determination to end injustices by fighting for their rights and the rights of others....
29 Aug
SKYLIGHT SUPPORTS THE WORK OF IVAN VELASQUEZ AND THE COMMISSION AGAINST IMPUNITY IN GUATEMALA
SKYLIGHT SUPPORTS THE WORK OF IVAN VELASQUEZ AND THE COMMISSION AGAINST IMPUNITY IN GUATEMALA We are a non-profit human rights media company working with Guatemalans since 1982 to create the documentaries, “When the Mountains Tremble”, “Granito: How to Nail a Dictator” and “500 YEARS”. The making...
16 Nov
News Digest 11/16
It's been a horrifying and saddening week in news. With heavy hearts we share what we've been reading. Paris, Beirut, and the attacks of last week: “Is it wrong to mourn Paris more deeply than Beirut?” asks Jeanne Kay in the Nation. Some bodies are global, but...
31 Oct
Introducing News Digests from Skylight
We're trying something new at Skylight: Weekly news digests, posted on our blog, which will gather the articles published in the past week that tell stories that were not sufficiently covered in the mainstream media. Skylight works to change the narrative around human rights and...
