Aura Lolita Chavez Ixcaquic
Aura Lolita Chávez Ixcaquic (born 1972), known as Lolita, is a
Life
She is originally from in the
On July 4, 2012, she attended a peaceful demonstration against the mayor of Santa Cruz del Quiché, a member of the Patriot Party. On the way back, her bus was ambushed by a group of men armed with machetes, knives, and canes. Four women were injured. On 7 June 2017, a group of gunmen attacked her and some other members of CPK and made them to flee.[4] She received a death threat.[5] Between 1960 and 1996, during the civil war in Guatemala, the Quiché people experienced genocidal attacks.[6]
She is threatened with death in her country, which is why she has been living in the Basque Country in Spain since 2017.[7][8][9]
In October 2017, the European Parliament included Chávez among the three finalists of the Sakharov Human Rights Prize.[10][11][12]
She received the Ignacio Ellacuría Award from the Lehendakari of the Basque government Iñigo Urkullu in January 2018 for her work in defending the land of the K'iche people against exploitation.[13]
References
- ^ "MAYA K'ICHE' LEADER SAYS NO TO VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN". Archived from the original on 2017-10-26. Retrieved 2018-09-27.
- ^ Aura Lolita Chávez, indígena guatemalteca candidata al Premio Sajarov (in Spanish)
- ^ UNE DÉFENSEURE DES PEUPLES INDIGÈNES DU GUATEMALA, FINALISTE D’UN PRIX SAKHAROV 2017 POLITISÉ PAR LA DROITE (in French)
- ^ Aura Lolita Chávez Ixcaquic and members of the Council of Ki’che’ Peoples (CPK)
- ^ Intimidation et menaces de mort envers Aura Lolita Chávez (in French)
- ^ Lolita Chávez: defending human rights in Guatemala
- ^ "MAYA K'ICHE' LEADER SAYS NO TO VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN". Archived from the original on 2017-10-26. Retrieved 2018-09-27.
- ^ “No nací para ser asesinada” (in Spanish)
- ^ Lolita Chávez: defending human rights in Guatemala (in Spanish)
- ^ [23/06/2016] Aura Lolita Chávez Ixcaquic
- ^ Le Parlement européen décerne son prix Sakharov 2017 à l’opposition vénézuélienne (in French)
- ^ "Sakharov Prize 2017 Finalists - Aura Lolita CHAVEZ IXCAQUIC, Democratic Opposition in Venezuela, Dawit ISAAK". Archived from the original on 2018-09-27. Retrieved 2018-09-27.
- ^ "Urkullu apoya "lucha pacífica" de la lideresa maya Lolita Chávez". ABC.es. 29 January 2018.