29 January, 2001
Communiqué #11 -- Announcing a new website: www.advocacynet.org
CHIXOY DAM / RIO NEGRO MASSACRES REPARATIONS CAMPAIGN: to get
full compensation and just reparations from the World Bank & the
Inter-American Development Bank for indigenous (Mayan-Achi) survivors
of the Rio Negro community destroyed by construction of the Chixoy
Dam in Guatemala
- Please copy and redistribute or publish this information
- If you would like to financially or otherwise support the Chixoy
Dam/Rio Negro Massacres Reparations Campaign, contact us info@rightsaction.org
(more information below) www.rightsaction.org
Dear friends,
Thanks to you who, last fall, sent letters [emails, fax, mail]
to the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank, asking
that they seriously address the demands of the survivors of the
Chixoy Dam/Rio Negro Massacres in Guatemala, for compensation and
reparation.
Your letters are having an impact.
We will soon send a campaign update, asking you to again contact
the WB and the IDB.
Meanwhile, we draw your attention to the new website of the Advocacy
Project where you will find, amongst other information, their series
on the efforts of the Rio Negro survivors to claim compensation
and reparations for massacres that destroyed the community in 1982.
[Amongst the fine and important work of the Advocacy Project, you
will also find a series they did, in conjunction with Rights Action,
on the aftermath of Hurricane Mitch.]
Also, for previous information concerning this "Chixoy Dam / Rio
Negro Massacres Reparations Campaign," visit our website www.rightsaction.org,
or contact us info@rightsaction.org)
Washington DC (USA) and Geneva (Switzerland)
January 11, 2001
ADVOCACY PROJECT WEBSITE IS ON-LINE
The Advocacy Project works to support advocates across the globe
working on the frontlines for peace and human rights. Our new site
can be visited at: www.advocacynet.org. The site has been designed
by AeroNet Communications (www.aeronet.net),
under the supervision of Teresa Crawford, technical director of
the Advocacy Project.
The Advocacy Project is a virtual organization created in June
1998 to provide e-coverage of the Rome conference on the creation
of the International Criminal Court. Since then it has evolved into
a more general effort to help advocates get their message out, and
to lobby on their behalf. As the website notes: "advocates are an
excellent investment - they make a huge impact on tiny budgets."
The Advocacy Project has worked with eleven major grassroots campaigns
since 1998. Three are profiled on the new web site:
- The campaign by the Guatemalan Indigenous community of Rio Negro
to claim compensation for massacres that destroyed the community
in 1982;
- The coalition of activists who have come together in Nigeria
to stop the trafficking of Nigerian women to Europe;
- The struggle by civil society in Kosovo to make its voice heard
during Serbian repression, war, and the 1999 invasion by humanitarian
aid agencies.
Among its features, the website carries back issues of the Project's
e-newsletter 'On the Record,' which is distributed free of charge
to thousands of subscribers. Thirteen volumes have been produced
since 1998. Visitors will also find a photo archive and background
material linked to the individual campaigns.
The Advocacy Project also provides technical assistance and other
forms of support to advocates across the globe. Last year, the Project
put together an 'advocacy package' for the Women's Consortium of
Nigeria (WOCON). The AP technical director has also worked with
the US Institute of Peace to link community leaders in Kosovo up
to the Internet. More details about the services on offer are available
on the new site.
The Advocacy Project only works at the express invitation of advocates,
and in partnership with nongovernmental organizations. It has received
funding from a variety of foundations, NGOs and governments.
The Project is currently reviewing over twenty projects for 2001,
which have been suggested by partners. These include invitations:
to cover the proceedings of the special session of the UN General
Assembly on children; to profile the work of Palestinian groups
responding to the current violence; and, to support indigenous communities
in Ecuador that have been affected by oil exploration.
For more information, visit the website at: www.advocacynet.org
or contact us at: info@advocacynet.org.
Rights Action [formerly Guatemala Partners]
T: 202-783-1123 [Washington DC]
T: 416-654-2074 [Toronto]
E: info@rightsaction.org
W: www.rightsaction.org
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