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• The Invisible Genocide of Women

  By kevodell on March 31, 2013 • ( 0 )

  The Invisible Genocide of Women. by (Ofelia&Zurita) from Ofelia de Pablo & Javier Zurita on Vimeo. “More than 100,000 women were raped in the 36 years of the Guatemalan genocide in which at least 200,000 people died. In this video,… Read More ›

• Distorted Visions from Ríos Montt’s Trial

  By kevodell on March 31, 2013 • ( 0 )

  A piece in the Guatemala Times by Ingrid Nanne presents an interesting reflection on the trial of Ríos Montt. The racism that provided the space and motive for the brutality meted out to the indigenous since the Spanish first arrived… Read More ›

• String of Killings Leaves Five Guatemalan Activists Dead

  By kevodell on March 31, 2013 • ( 0 )

  “While Guatemala attempts to bring former dictator Efraín Ríos Montt to justice in a landmark genocide trial, deadly violence elsewhere in the country continues unpunished. In less than one month, five activists and human right defenders struggling against mining companies… Read More ›

• Luis Moreno Ocampo: the Meaning of the Rios Montt Trial

  By kevodell on March 20, 2013 • ( 0 )

  Luis Moreno Ocampo, the former chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court, made the following remarks today (March 19th 2013) as the trial of former generals Efrain Rios Montt and Jose Mauricio Rodriguez Sanchez began in Guatemala City: The judges,… Read More ›

• Lawsuit against mining company to proceed in Canadian courts

  By kevodell on March 3, 2013 • ( 0 )

  “In an important precedent-setting development for the accountability of Canadian mining companies for alleged overseas human rights abuses, victims of rape and murder at a Guatemalan mine are now able to sue a Canadian mining company in Canadian courts. Guatemalan… Read More ›

• Report into mine at San José del Golfo

  By kevodell on February 25, 2013 • ( 0 )

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• Guatemala Sends Former Dictator to Trial for Genocide

  By kevodell on February 17, 2013 • ( 0 )

  Paul N. Avakian writes in the Foreign Policy Journal, “against a long history of impunity, a Guatemalan high judge last month sent to trial a lingering genocide case against a popular former dictator who presided over the most brutal phase… Read More ›

• Totonicapán: Tension in Guatemala’s Indigenous Hinterland

  By kevodell on February 14, 2013 • ( 0 )

  The International Crisis Group is an independent, non-profit, non-governmental organisation committed to preventing and resolving deadly conflict. It recently published a report into the killings at Totonicapán featured

• Guatemalan Genocide Trial

  By kevodell on February 14, 2013 • ( 0 )

  “Judge Miguel Ángel Gálvez ended a four-hour hearing today in the genocide trial of former Guatemalan dictator Efraín Ríos Montt by accepting all of the witnesses, experts and documents submitted as evidence by the prosecution. The defense, by contrast, failed… Read More ›

• A chance at justice in Guatemala

  By kevodell on February 11, 2013 • ( 0 )

  The news that Efraín Ríos Montt was to stand trial on charges of genocide was widely greeted. Kirsten Weld, in the New York Times, in recognising the bravery of the Guatemalan judge stated, “In greenlighting a public trial for the… Read More ›