According to the Sunday Herald in Scotland, it has been announced that Jesus Tecu Osorio, a Guatemalan human rights campaigner, has been shortlisted for the Robert Burns Humanitarian Award 2006. There will soon been further information on the Burns Festival website.

The Guatemala Solidarity Network has helped organised two speaking tours with Jesus Tecu Osorio in recent years. For more information about Jesus Tecu Osorio you could start with Forefront- global network of human rights defenders or a PBS profile (with video interview) as part of his involvement in documentary Discovery Dominga.