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• Guatemalan Congress refuses to appoint graft-fighting top judge

  By kevodell on April 15, 2021 • ( 0 )

  “We are deeply concerned by today’s maneuver to delay the swearing in of a selected constitutional court magistrate. This undermines Guatemala’s commitment to an independent judiciary and addressing systemic corruption,” Acting Assistant Secretary for U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of… Read More ›

• Lolita Chávez: ‘We have the right to live in a territory that for us is sacred’

  By kevodell on April 14, 2021 • ( 0 )

  Barbara Fraser presents, in EarthBeat, an interview with Lolita Chavez, who is to receive the annual Romero Human Rights Award, named for St. Óscar Romero. The award was established by the University of Dayton Ohio, in the United States, in… Read More ›

• A Final Blow to Guatemala’s Justice System

  By kevodell on April 12, 2021 • ( 0 )

  It is crucial that in the coming years, new coalitions coalesce between businesses, civil society, Indigenous peoples, and international allies, to promote a democratization of the country. Otherwise, the only path forward will be the one that leads to authoritarianism…. Read More ›

• US and Canadian Organizations Alarmed Over Illegal Mining

  By kevodell on April 8, 2021 • ( 0 )

  A blog post on MiningWatch Canada links to a letter sent to the CEO of Goldex Resources about illegal mining in Guatemala. Seven organizations, including MiningWatch Canada, sent a letter to the President & CEO and Director of Goldex Resources… Read More ›

• Prosecutions Against Members of the Constitutional Court of Guatemala Should Stop

  By kevodell on April 7, 2021 • ( 0 )

  A recent post by the Clooney Foundation for Justice (CFJ) highlights the continuing struggle against impunity in Guatemala and calls on Guatemala to ensure that judges are permitted to decide cases free of any “pressures, threats or interference, direct or… Read More ›

• Podcast: The Search for the Disappeared in Guatemala

  By kevodell on April 4, 2021 • ( 0 )

  ‘Memory Cultures in Dialogue’ is a podcast and blog of the Humanitarian Law Center from Belgrade, Serbia. They recently featured The Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Foundation (FAFG) in an episode. What is the role of forensic anthropology in the post-conflict context?… Read More ›

• Ex-PAC members accused of sexual violence against Achi women will face justice in 2022

  By kevodell on March 27, 2021 • ( 0 )

  Lourdes Álvarez Nájera has written in Prensa Comunitaria about the legal moves to bring ex-PAC members to court for crimes of sexual violence during the early 1980s. In January of next year, the trial will begin against three former members… Read More ›

• Dianna Ortiz Memorial

  By kevodell on March 27, 2021 • ( 0 )

  The Guatemala Human Rights Commission (GHRC) posted a Memorial page to Dianna Ortiz, OSU, who died on February 19, 2021, at 62 years old. She fought for the rights of all and fought bravely. Dianna worked at the Guatemala Human… Read More ›

• Interview with wrongfully imprisoned Maya Q’eqchi river defender Bernardo Caal Xol

  By kevodell on March 27, 2021 • ( 0 )

  Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project posted a video of its Acércate (‘come closer’) interview with Maya Q’eqchi river defender Bernardo Caal Xol in prison in Cobán, Alta Verapaz. Caal Xol is a leader of the Peaceful Resistance of Cahabón, a collective… Read More ›

• World Water Day – It Is Time To Free Bernardo Caal Xol

  By kevodell on March 23, 2021 • ( 0 )

  Yesterday, 22nd March, was World Water Day, and we wanted to bring attention to the case of Bernardo Caal Xol, who has been unjustly detained for three years now. Since 2015, Bernardo Caal has defended the rights of the communities… Read More ›