PBI-Guatemala accompanies the Ecumenical Christian Council of Guatemala to the Public Prosecutor’s Office
On May 5, PBI-Guatemala posted:
“Today #PBI accompanies the Ecumenical Christian Council of Guatemala to ratify before the Public Prosecutor’s Office the complaint for the recent break-in and robbery at its headquarters.
‘We are strengthened because all allies, independent media and society have approached these days to generate total solidarity to the Council,’ says Pastor Héctor Castañeda, who highlights ‘the importance of coming together again as Christians to face this wave of attacks on faith-based organizations.’”
Prensa Comunitaria has reported: “The headquarters of the Ecumenical Christian Council of Guatemala (CECG) was assaulted on the night of Saturday, April 26 and the early morning of Sunday, April 27, according to its directors.”
“’It is important to highlight that the Ecumenical Christian Council of Guatemala accompanies communities that defend territorial autonomy, the correct use of their natural resources and the protection of their common home,’ said Reverend Jenner Miranda Calderón, a member of the Board of Directors.”
“The entity has been critical of the human rights situation in the country, this situation has caused the annoyance of sectors that provoke actions that violate the rights of the population, for which they have been targets of attacks from social networks, but never an act similar to the one they denounced today.”
That article further notes: “’The Ecumenical Council has always been subject to criminalization, there have always been some mishaps such as ways of intimidating or threatening, but not such a specific irruption, we have to clarify that here we share this space with different organizations, the attack was specifically on the headquarters of the Council,’ said Héctor Castañeda, a member of the collegiate general secretariat.”
The Ecumenical Christian Council of Guatemala is a partner of the United Church of Canada.
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Further reading: PBI-Guatemala accompanies the Ecumenical Christian Council of Guatemala at press conference following break-in at their office (May 1, 2025)
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