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• Guatemala’s Top Anti-Corruption Attorney Flees Country

  By kevodell on July 26, 2021 • ( 0 )

  On Saturday, July 24th, El Faro published a breaking news note regarding the sacking of Guatemala’s leading prosecutor and chief anti-corruption figure, Juan Francisco Sandoval, and his subsequent flight to safety. Needless to say, these events will have serious consequences… Read More ›

• When Justice Prevails

  By kevodell on July 22, 2021 • ( 0 )

  In the latest newsletter, from Skylight, Pamela Yates features an interview with Kate Doyle of the National Security Archive (NSA). A powerful recent example [of justice cascade] comes from Guatemala, a small country yet one where human rights defenders have… Read More ›

• High-Risk Courts judges continue to face challenges

  By kevodell on July 17, 2021 • ( 0 )

  A series of tweets from Maritimes-Guatemala Breaking the Silence Network highlight the challenges facing the rule of law and judicial independence that the elites are trying to disband. The tweets are accompanied by graphics, as above, containing more information about… Read More ›

• The Election of Gloria Porras by the University High Council

  By kevodell on July 14, 2021 • ( 0 )

  Impunity Watch have just published a report, in Spanish, regarding the election of Gloria Porras to the Constitutional Court. On 4 March 2021, the Superior University Council (Consejo Superior Universitario – CSU) of the University of San Carlos of Guatemala… Read More ›

• Amnesty for War Crimes is Back on the Table

  By kevodell on July 7, 2021 • ( 0 )

  In the midst of attempts to block justice being carried out either with regard to corruption or historical crimes, particular powers are attempting to introduce, into law, amnesty for crimes against humanity and genocide. Jeff Abbott writes in The Progressive… Read More ›

• Guatemala’s Counterattack against Anti-Corruption Campaign

  By kevodell on July 6, 2021 • ( 0 )

  Gabriel Labrador writes in El Faro about the concerted attack by affected powers against anti-corruption figures in Guatemala. Targets include Judge Erika Aifán, who leads the capital’s highest-risk ‘D’ court, the Director of the Special Prosecutor’s Office Against Impunity (FECI),… Read More ›

• Justice in the Juana Raymundo Rivera case contributes to advancing the human rights of girls and women in the Ixil area

  By kevodell on July 1, 2021 • ( 0 )

  ACOGUATE has published a piece about the femicide of Juana Raymundo Rivera and how justice has been found and applied in Ixil. For almost three years, the parents of Juana Raymundo Rivera have been seeking justice for the femicide of… Read More ›

• Revised NGO Law threatens freedom of association in Guatemala

  By kevodell on June 26, 2021 • ( 0 )

  Guatemala Solidarity Network (GSN) wishes to “express our profound concern regarding the amendments to Bill 5257, a law governing the activities of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), that went into effect Monday, June 21st, following the Guatemalan Constitutional Court’s (CC) denial of… Read More ›

• The community of Chicoyogüito and their struggle for justice

  By kevodell on June 19, 2021 • ( 0 )

  On the 28th July, 1968, the community of Chicoyogüito, in Alta Verapaz, was evicted from its lands in order to instal the former Military Zone 21 (ZM 21), which became a detention centre, as well as a site for massacres… Read More ›

• Central America Needs a Commission to Prosecute Corruption, Not a War on Migration

  By kevodell on June 19, 2021 • ( 0 )

  Victoria Sanford had an interesting opinion piece published in BarrioZona in advance of the visit to Guatemala of the United States Vice President, Kamala Harris. Following a virtual bilateral meeting last month with Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei, Vice President Kamala… Read More ›