Guatemala
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Prensa Libre: Guatemala apologizes for the forced disappearance of 4 indigenous activists in 1989
Decades after the Guatemalan government forcibly disappeared four indigenous human rights defenders, the country has offered a public apology to the victims’ families. Speaking in a ceremony on December 12, the President of Guatemala, Bernardo Arévalo, apologized and acknowledged that the Guatemalan state failed to fulfill its obligations to investigate, prosecute, and punish those responsible.…
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El Paìs: Arévalo apologizes for the forced disappearances during Guatemala’s Civil War
Partnering with CERJ, the Kennedy Human Rights Center represented four forcibly disappeared indigenous human rights defenders in Guatemala. After the November 2024 ruling by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights found the government responsible, the President of Guatemala, Bernardo Arévalo, offered public apologies during a formal ceremony in December 2025. El Paìs reports that the…
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AP News: Guatemalan state accepts responsibility for the disappearance of four human rights activists.
Decades after the Guatemalan government forcibly disappeared four indigenous human rights defenders, the country has offered a public apology to the victims’ families. AP News reported that the forced disappearances occurred during an armed conflict from 1960 to 1996, where the State physically aimed to eliminate those identified as “internal enemies.”
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Guatemalan government formally accepts responsibility for 1989 disappearance of four human rights defenders
Tags Share Washington, D.C., December 10, 2025 – On December 12, the government of Guatemala will formally acknowledge responsibility for the 1989 enforced disappearance of human rights defenders Agapito Pérez Lucas, Nicolás Mateo, Macario Pú Chivalán, and Luis Ruiz Luis, whose whereabouts remain unknown to this day. President Bernardo Arévalo will join the victims’ families,
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Yahoo! News: A former magistrate exiled in the US fears an “attack” if she returns to Guatemala
A former judge on Guatemala’s Constitutional Court, Gloria Porras was well-known for championing anti-corruption efforts in the country.
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RFK Human Rights solicita a la Corte Interamericana reconocer el espacio cívico habilitante como elemento esencial para la democracia y los derechos políticos
Tags Share El 17 de noviembre de 2025, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights presentó un escrito en calidad de amicus curiae ante la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos en respuesta a la solicitud de Opinión Consultiva presentada por Guatemala en materia de democracia y derechos humanos. El 6 de diciembre de 2024, Guatemala pidió a
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RFK Human Rights urges the Inter-American Court to recognize enabling civic space as essential to democracy and political rights
Tags Share On November 17, 2025, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights submitted an amicus brief to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in response to Guatemala’s request for an Advisory Opinion on Democracy and Human Rights. On December 6, 2024, Guatemala requested the Court to determine whether “States are obligated to guarantee and promote democracy
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El Parlamento Xinka Exige al Estado de Guatemala Restituir los Derechos Territoriales Indígenas tras Años de Resistencia contra la Mina Ilegal El Escobal
Tags Share El Parlamento del Pueblo Xinka de Guatemala a la Opinión Pública hace saber: Después de más de quince años de resistencia pacífica, para defender nuestros derechos y de tener como respuesta del Estado la criminalización, estigmatización, invisibilización, encarcelamiento, secuestro, ataques y asesinatos de nuestras autoridades y líderes por la defensa de nuestros derechos, el Pueblo
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The Xinka Parliament Calls on Guatemalan State to Restore Indigenous Land Rights After Years of Resistance Against the Illegal Escobal Mine
Tags Share The Parliament of the Xinka People of Guatemala informs the public: After more than fifteen years of peaceful resistance defending our rights–after the State has responded by criminalizing us, stigmatizing us, invisibilizing us, jailing us, kidnapping us, attacking us, and murdering our authorities and leaders for defending our rights–today we, the Xinka People, are raising our voices to
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Guatemala: Organizaciones Internacionales Piden A La Corte Suprema De Justicia (CSJ) Responda La Solicitud De Amparo De José Rubén Zamora Para Mantener Su Libertad
Tags Share Las organizaciones firmantes vemos con preocupación la falta de respuesta por parte de la Cámara de Amparo y Antejuicio de la Corte Suprema de Justicia, al amparo presentado por la defensa del destacado periodista José Rubén Zamora del 15 de noviembre de 2024, para evitar su regreso a la prisión. En una audiencia
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Guatemala: Preocupan Retrocesos En Justicia Transicional
Tags Share Las Américas, 6 de diciembre de 2024 Las organizaciones internacionales firmantes alertamos sobre el grave retroceso que enfrentan los procesos de justicia transicional, a raíz de los recientes cambios que realizó la fiscal general Consuelo Porras en la Fiscalía de Derechos Humanos, así como las recientes resoluciones de las Salas de Apelaciones que
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This Week’s Spotlight on Human Rights
Tags Share Female migrant in Florida subjected to ‘horrific’ treatment, complaint alleges A female migrant in mental distress was kept in solitary confinement for a month at a Florida detention center, then mocked and leered at by male guards after they strapped her almost naked to a restraint chair, a federal civil rights complaint alleges. “Ana came
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