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Interview: The Wajtakju Namto Ponötsi walk– the importance of a cultural practice

The Wajtakju Namto Ponötsi ancestral walk is a practice that the Maiben Masiware community carry out. They are a nomadic indigenous community living in the Caño Mochuelo reservation, located between the municipalities of Paz de Ariporo and Hato Corozal, in the region of Casanare. The millennial ...

Publicado el 8 de octubre de 2025 15:12

We mourn Pope Francis and share the world’s loss

‘We share the loss of our friends, the Church and the world’ write Herman Hallonsten, Chairperson of the Swedish Fellowship of Reconciliation, and Lotta Sjöström Becker, Secretary General of the Swedish Fellowship of Reconciliation, on the death of Pope Francis. Photo. Günther Simmermacher / Pix...

Publicado el 24 de abril de 2025 21:13

Militarization and rights of indigenous peoples in Chiapas

“They don´t consider our rights as indigenous people, they don´t ask if we want the National Guard. The municipal, state and federal governments made the decision to place the National Guard in our municipality.” Member of the Community Government of Chilón The municipality of Chilón in the st...

Publicado el 10 de junio de 2022 20:17

Yonny Ronay, a student sentenced to 32 years in prison for a crime he did not commit

According to the lawyers of the Human Rights Center Fray Bartolomé de las Casas (Frayba), the trial against Yonny presents a series of irregularities, such as forgery of signatures, attribution of crimes unrelated to the accused and fabrication of testimonies by the prosecutor’s office in Chiapas...

Publicado el 24 de febrero de 2022 23:19

Joint Statement – Concern for Father Marcelo’s safety Parish priest at the municipality of Simojovel and human rights defender

Joint Statement Concern for the safety of Father Marcelo, Parish priest at the municipality of Simojovel and human rights defender, Chiapas, Mexico Father Marcelo is an acknowledged human rights defender that, in his role as parish at the municipality of Simojovel and Social Work Coordinator at ...

Publicado el 5 de agosto de 2021 18:46

Faith-based peacebuilding? The story of my Life

“Faith is like connecting ones’ phone to the socket to recharge. Once a phone is recharged, one can use it” Moses John. Director of ONAD in South Sudan. Photo: Lisa Hydén.   Can you describe your faith and in what way it influences or shapes your everyday life? – Faith is like connecting ones...

Publicado el 26 de noviembre de 2020 15:23