GHRC – Blog: Update on Recent Developments in Guatemala

Guatemala Human Rights Commission (GHRC) posted an update last month on the latest news from Guatemala.

The topics covered included:

  • State Department Certifies Guatemala’s Efforts Against Corruption
  • Semilla Party Official Arrested as Efforts to Weaken Arévalo Continue
  • Constitutional Court Annuls Arrest Warrant for TSE Official
  • José Rubén Zamora Again Jailed
  • Prensa Comunitaria and Ruda Journalists Suffer Threats
  • Sanctioned Judge Presides Over Claudia González Case
  • Achí Women Testify in Landmark Sexual Violence Trial
  • Guatemala Loses Arbitration Suit, Ordered to Pay $64.5 Million
  • Communities Protest Rio Nickel Mining Operations
  • Q’eqchi’ Leader Arrested in Livingston

These topics, and others, can be read in more detail here, Update on Recent Developments in Guatemala.



Categories: Corruption, Criminalisation, Environment, Evictions, Guatemala, Human Rights, Impunity, Indigenous peoples, Justice, Land, Legal, Military, Mining, Poverty, Racism, Report, Resource Extraction, Solidarity in Action, Violence

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