Worldwide Day of Action: Celebrating the one-year anniversary of the Genocide Sentence

On May 10, supporters, scholars and students from over a dozen countries celebrated the one-year anniversary of the genocide sentence. The worldwide day of action brought together communities to support the survivors' decades-long struggle for truth and justice in Guatemala. People across the world read the sentence aloud, participated commemorative events and shared personal reflections. In Guatemala City, the one-year anniversary was celebrated in the Central Park with videos from the genocide trial, readings from the sentence and live music. The day prior, a conference titled "Dignifying the People's Truth" invited Ixil witnesses and experts involved in the trial to reflect on their experience and the importance of the process. NISGUA participated in the worldwide action by inspiring our grassroots network to organize events across the United States.

Below is a selection of videos of community actions held for the genocide sentence across the world. 

From NISGUA's network in Oakland, CA, Sue, Adolfo and Renee share readings of the historic genocide sentence and their personal reflections about its significance:

From the Ixil region in Guatemala, members of the Ixil Ancestral Indigenous Authority and other community members talk about the importance of the sentence to them and to their people:

From Buenos Aires, Argentina, scholars, students, professors and activists read excerpts from the genocide sentence:

Members of Collectif Guatemala, read the historic document in Paris:

Spanish partners, La Plataforma de Solidaridad con Chiapas, Oaxaca y Guatemala de Madrid,  organize multiple May 10 events in Madrid, Spain:

From Argentina, Costa Rica, Colombia, Germany and Puerto Rico, solidarity activists read portions of the genocide sentence:

From Australia, university students read from the sentence:

In Mexico City, Mexico, the National Autonomous University of Mexico hosted a conference on the impacts of the genocide sentence, one year later:

From the Radical Americas Network and a number of English universities, students and professors comment on the importance of the genocide sentence and read excerpts:

One year from the genocide sentence, the Guatemala Asociación Comunicarte released this moving footage of the original reading of the verdict.

Thanks to Skylight Pictures, we can also relive the genocide sentence word-for-word as read by Judge Yassmín Barrios on May 10, 2013:

Check out more videos and other media related to May 10 posted on the Guatemala 10 de Mayo, Sentencia por Genocidio Facebook page and on the Para que se Conozca Blog.