[Sust-mar] Returned human rights accompaniers presentation

[Janelle Frail]

Returned human rights accompaniers presentation The Maritimes-Guatemala Breaking the Silence Network has long be involved with human right accompaniment in Guatemala. The network trains and supports volunteers who decide to be international observers with Guatemalans who pursue criminal charges against those responsible for the genocide of the civil war. These volunteers literally walk side-by-side and accompany at-risk communities and individuals who face persecution. It diffuses dangerous tension, exposes violence and injustice, delivers critical information quickly from a troubled community to its international support network, and allows the Guatemalans and their communities to safely continue their work. Recently, three human rights accompaniers have returned and are sharing their stories with photos about their work with massacre survivors, labour and land reform activists and indigenous peoples resisting mega-projects that include Canadian mining. WHEN:  Tues. Nov.18th WHERE: Just Us! Café, 5896 Spring Garden Rd., HalifaxTIME: 7 to 9pm For more information about the Breaking the Silence network please go to: 
www.breaking-the-silence.ca

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