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Ongoing Human Rights Violations

Despacho 505: Another indigenous person is murdered in the Caribbean in less than a week

The article “Another indigenous person is murdered in the Caribbean in less than a week” by Despacho 505 was published July 6, 2023 on the Despacho 505 website.

The article, written in Spanish, reported that the Center for Legal Assistance to Indigenous Peoples (Calpi) counts at least nine murders of indigenous people in 2023 in the Mayangnas territories in Bosawas.

According to the article, in less than a week two indigenous people were killed by armed settlers in the Mayangna Suani territory, in the North Caribbean of Nicaragua.

The article reported that on July 5, 2023 23-year-old Serato Juwith Charly was murdered while working on land near the Kauhmakwas community.

The article also reported that on July 2, 2023, forest ranger Sergio Julián Juan was attacked between the communities of Musawas and Betlehem by settlers encroaching on indigenous lands. Sergio Julián died on July 5 from his injuries.

The entire article, including more information on the murders, can be found on the Despacho 505 website.

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Indigenous Mayangna traveling by panga (dugout canoe) on the Rio Pis Pis in the Bosawas Reserve in Nicaragua’s North Atlantic Autonomous Region. At the time, the Bosawas rainforest was the largest rainforest north of the Amazon Basin (1998) photo: langellephoto.org / GJEP
Indigenous Mayangna traveling by panga (dugout canoe) on the Rio Pis Pis in the Bosawas Reserve in Nicaragua’s North Atlantic Autonomous Region. At the time, the Bosawas rainforest was the largest rainforest north of the Amazon Basin (1998) photo: langellephoto.org / GJEP

Raise Awareness of the situation happening in Bosawas Reserve, Nicaragua!

Let the Nicaraguan government know that people are paying attention to what is happening there, and the Nicaraguan government must stop the invaders immediately. You can contact the Nicaraguan embassy in your country and demand that the persecution of the Mayagna immediately stop, as well as demand that the Nicaraguan government protect the Mayanga and remove the colonizers who have taken over the Mayangna lands in the Bosawas Biological Reserve.

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Human Rights and
Non-Intervention in Nicaragua
Sunday July 9, 2023

Myrna Santiago, Don Macleay, and Diana Bohn will discuss the current situation in Nicaragua and what it means for the US solidarity movements and the Green Party. The speakers have been involved in Nicaraguan society, solidarity, and the support of human rights dating back to the time of the Sandinista Popular Revolution 1979-1990.

The event is sponsored by the Green Party of Alameda County

Additional information on the event can be found on this webpost.

World Peace and Prayer Day
June 19, 2023

Myrna Santiago, Don Macleay, and Diana Bohn will discuss the current situation in Nicaragua and what it means for the US solidarity movements and the Green Party. The speakers have been involved in Nicaraguan society, solidarity, and the support of human rights dating back to the time of the Sandinista Popular Revolution 1979-1990.

The event is sponsored by the Green Party of Alameda County

Additional information on the event can be found on this webpost.

Bosawas Rainforest, Nicaragua: An Indigenous man listens as community members from his village discuss the illegal logging of the Bosawas Rainforest in 1998. Bullet marks, a reminder of the U.S. backed Contra war, can be seen on the wall (1998) photo: langellephoto.org / GJEP
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