Rosalina Tuyuc Velásquez (born

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, department of

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, 1956) is a Guatemalan human rights activist. She was elected as a

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ional deputy in 1995, elected from the national list of the New Guatemala Democratic Front, and served as Vice President of Congress during that period. Tuyuc is a Kaqchikel

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. In June 1982, the

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kidnapped and murdered her father, Francisco Tuyuc. Three years later, on 24 May 1985, her husband suffered the same fate. In 1988, she founded the National Association of Guatemalan Widows (CONAVIGUA), which has become a leading Guatemalan human rights organization. In 1994, Tuyuc was decorated by the French Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur for her humanitarian activities. On 6 July 2004

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appointed her to chair the National Reparations Commission ''(Comisión Nacional de Resarcimiento)''. In 2011, she publicly criticized the Commission for its failure to adequately address the damage caused by the war. The Niwano Peace Foundation of Japan awarded their 2012

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to Tuyuc "in recognition of her extraordinary and dogged work for peace as a courageous human rights activist and leader." .

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from PeaceWomen Across the Globe. {{DEFAULTSORT:Tuyuc, Rosalina Living people People from Chimaltenango Department Guatemalan women activists Guatemalan human rights activists Women human rights activists Guatemalan Maya people Members of the Congress of Guatemala Indigenous activists of the Americas Recipients of the Legion of Honour Nonviolence advocates 1956 births 20th-century Guatemalan women politicians 20th-century Guatemalan politicians Kaqchikel

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