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The Maritimes-Guatemala Breaking the Silence Network (BTS) is a voluntary network of people in the Maritimes who began to organize in 1988 to support the efforts of Guatemalans struggling for political, social, and economic justice.
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The Maritimes-Guatemala Breaking the Silence Network (BTS) is a voluntary network of people in the Maritimes who began to organize in 1988 to support the efforts of Guatemalans struggling for political, social, and economic justice.
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Day 8: Maya Achi Women Seeking Justice: There is a high degree of coherence and credibility amongst the womens’ testimonies
Thursday, January 13th, 2022 Written by María and Lisa Vinicio Lopez Galvez while giving testimony before the court on [...]
Day 7: Maya Achi Women Seeking Justice: “It doesn’t give me shame to say this, because I suffered it.”
Written by Lisa and Laura Wednesday, January 12th, 2022 Maya Achi Survivors of Sexual Violence at a Press Confrence [...]
Day 6: Maya Achi Women Seeking Justice: Testimony from witnesses and survivors
Written by Lisa and Laura Tuesday, January 11th, 2022 A protected witness testifying before the court during the Maya [...]
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Day 8: Maya Achi Women Seeking Justice: There is a high degree of coherence and credibility amongst the womens’ testimonies
Thursday, January 13th, 2022 Written by María and Lisa Vinicio Lopez Galvez while giving testimony before the court on [...]
Day 7: Maya Achi Women Seeking Justice: “It doesn’t give me shame to say this, because I suffered it.”
Written by Lisa and Laura Wednesday, January 12th, 2022 Maya Achi Survivors of Sexual Violence at a Press Confrence [...]
Day 6: Maya Achi Women Seeking Justice: Testimony from witnesses and survivors
Written by Lisa and Laura Tuesday, January 11th, 2022 A protected witness testifying before the court during the Maya [...]
“If you have come here to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together.”
Aboriginal activists group, Queensland, 1970s
“Peace is possible – a peace that is born from the truth that comes from each one of us and from all of us. It is a painful truth…it is a liberating and humanizing truth…It is a truth that challenges each one of us to recognize our individual and collective responsibility and to commit ourselves to action.”
Bishop Gerardi, April 24, 1998
“Breaking the Silence means listening to those who’ve been silent for far too long, and once the silence is broken, it is amazing what you can hear.”
Scott Zoltok, Intern at the New Hope Foundation (2012-2013)
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“If you have come here to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together.”
Aboriginal activists group, Queensland, 1970s
“Peace is possible – a peace that is born from the truth that comes from each one of us and from all of us. It is a painful truth…it is a liberating and humanizing truth…It is a truth that challenges each one of us to recognize our individual and collective responsibility and to commit ourselves to action.”
Bishop Gerardi, April 24, 1998
“Breaking the Silence means listening to those who’ve been silent for far too long, and once the silence is broken, it is amazing what you can hear.”
Scott Zoltok, Intern at the New Hope Foundation (2012-2013)