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Carlos Maaz Coc
HRD
Carlos Maaz Coc was a member of the indigenous Maya-Q’eqchi' community and an environmental and land rights defender. He was part of the Gremial de Pescadores Artesanales – GPA (Artisanal Fishermen’s Guild), which, alongside several other local organisations, tries to protect the human rights of the Maya-Q’eqchi' communities from contamination which may affect their land and endanger their livelihood as a result of nickel mining activities in the region.