Guatemala
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Seeking Justice in the Trial of Molina Theissen
Tags Share HAGA CLIC AQUI PARA LEER Guatemala City, San José, Washington D.C. – April 11, 2018 – On March 1, the High Risk tribunal C began the trial that will determine the criminal responsibility of five high-ranking officials accused of crimes against humanity for the arbitrary detention, torture and sexual violation of Emma Molina…
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We Urge Guatemala to Prioritize Armed Conflict Cases
Tags Share HAGA CLIC AQUÍ PARA LEER Guatemala City, San Jose, Utrecht and Washington D.C., April 4, 2018 In light of the recent death of the former dictator, Efraín Ríos Montt, the stagnancy and permeability of the Guatemalan judicial system has become evident. The search for justice for the genocide of the Maya-Ixil people has…
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RFK Human Rights Condemns Guatemalan President Decision’s on CICIG
Tags Share (August 28, 2017 | Washington, D.C.) The civil society organizations which join this statement condemn in the strongest possible terms the decision by the President of Guatemala, Jimmy Morales, to declare Ivan Velasquez “persona non grata” and order his immediate expulsion from the country. Velasquez is the Commissioner of CICIG, the International Commission…
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Guatemala Must Support Reforms in Favor of Judicial Independence
Tags Share (February 13, 2017, Washington D.C., New York, San José Costa Rica, and Guatemala City). The signatory organizations observe with concern the recent scandals related to influence peddling and manipulation of the elections processes of the Supreme Court of Justice of Guatemala, in which Judges Blanca Stalling and Eddy Orellana are publicly implicated. These…
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Wife of Disappeared Activist Protected
When Guatemalan human rights defender Nicolás Mateo disappeared, his wife Paulina was left poverty-stricken and infirm.
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Organizaciones internacionales solicitan se garantice el debido proceso y la integridad del fiscal Orlando López
Tags Share (Ciudad de Guatemala, San José y Washington D.C., 28 de septiembre de 2016) Orlando Salvador López, recientemente separado de su cargo como jefe de la Fiscalía de Derechos Humanos del Ministerio Público de Guatemala, fue detenido en su domicilio el pasado jueves 22 de septiembre, acusado de haber ocasionado la muerte a un…
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Protecting Due Process Rights of Guatemalan Prosecutor Orlando López
Tags Share HAGA CLICK AQUI PARA ESPAÑOL (September 28, 2016 | Guatemala City, San Jose and Washington D.C.) Orlando Salvador López, who was recently removed from his office as Chief Prosecutor of the Human Rights unit of the Public Ministry of Guatemala, was detained at his home this past Thursday, September 22nd. Mr. López is…
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RFK Human Rights Wins Landmark Case for Victims of Femicide in Guatemala
In a landmark ruling, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights held the government of Guatemala responsible for the disappearance and murder of 19-year-old Claudina Isabel Velásquez Paiz.
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Murder Sparks Femicide Reform
Like far too many other women, Claudina Isabel Velásquez Paiz was “a victim whose murder should not be investigated.”
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Four Human Rights Defenders Disappeared
Whereabouts of members of CERJ, which works endlessly to protect indigenous Guatemalans’ rights.
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