Nobel Womens Initiative Calls for Guatemalan Activist Release
Nobel Women’s Initiative Calls for Guatemalan Activist Release
Land defender Maria Choc was arrested without a warrant. | Photo: Prensa Comunitaria
Published 19 January 2018
Several human rights organizations have demanded the immediate release of Mayan Q’eqchi’ community leader and land defender Maria Choc.
The Nobel Peace Laureates of the Nobel Women’s Initiative called on Guatemalan authorities Thursday to immediately release Q’eqchi’ community leader and land defender Maria Magdalena Cuc Choc, who was arrested a day earlier without a warrant.
Maria Choc was providing translation services in a hearing for a Mayan Q’eqchi’ community that's protecting their land. She was arrested by the Civilian National Police as she was leaving the local tribunal in Puerto Barrios, in the Izabal department of Guatemala.
“To be honest, I'm surprised, because I didn't have any notification and I don't have problems with anybody,” said Choc in an interview with Prensa Comunitaria, adding that now you can get arrested just because “you're a good person, because you're a leader.”
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https://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Nobel-Womens-Initiative-Calls-for-Guatemalan-Activist-Release-20180118-0034.html
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