CoDev E-Bulletin March 2016
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- Published on Wednesday, 30 March 2016 17:30
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It's Dinner Time!
See you all on June 4
for our
CoDev Annual Solidarity and Fundraising Dinner.
Buy Your Tickets by calling 604.708.1495 ext. 112 or click here.
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Read CoDev's Latest Blogs...on the assassinations in Honduras here. And a thank you to CoDev from partner NOMADESC here.
News from Latin America
Latin American Activists Reflect on Their Own Mortality
Following the death of Berta Cáceres, environmentalists share their stories of living with terror threats.
Colombia
General Henry Torres, a high ranking military officer, turned himself in in advance of a warrant being issued for his arrest. Under his command, innocent civilians were killed but presented as rebels. Read more here.
Guatemala
Sandra Moran, the first openly gay member of Congress in Guatemala, says LGBT rights don’t define her - she is mainly known as a champion of women and indigenous people. Read about Sandra's new challenges here.
Sepur Zarco
Survivors of the Sepur Zarco sex slavery case at the Supreme Court trial (Photo by Quimy de Leon)
To learn more in advance of the presentation at Heartwood Cafe on April (see events section), here is a deeper dive into this landmark sexual slavery case.
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EVENTS CoDev's Annual Solidarity and Fundraising Dinner -- JUNE 4
Join friends, family and colleagues for the best party in town! Tickets go on sale today!! Call 604.708.1495 x112 or buy them here*** Sepur Zarco--Celebrating Women and Resistance --
April 2
Guatemalan Community Activists and BC CASA/Cafe Justicia invite you to an event with key players in the precedent setting Sepur Zarco war sex crimes trial in Guatemala, in which Kekchi Maya women enslaved by the Guatemalan military during the armed conflict, achieved a guilty verdict and conviction against a base commanding officer and a civilian military commissioner. Place: Heartwood Community Cafe. 7PM
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