Rigoberta Menchú Tum

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Rigoberta Menchú Tum is a Guatemalan human rights campaigner. She received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1992 for her work to promote the rights of Guatemala’s indigenous peoples, who were tortured and killed in great numbers during the 36 year civil war that finally ended in 1996.

“We are not myths of the past, ruins in the jungle, or zoos. We are people and we want to be respected, not to be victims of intolerance and racism.”