Author Archives
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Guatemala – No Going Back! – Conference 31st May 2014
Saturday 31st May 2014 (9am- 4pm plus networking social 4pm- 6:30pm) Book your place now Lively discussion, debate, workshops, inspiration and action on the new challenges facing Guatemala’s social movement. 2013 was a historically momentous year for Guatemala. A genocide… Read More ›
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Entrevista a Edgar Pérez, abogado de derechos humanos guatemalteco
Edgar Perez was a successful Greco Roman wrestler in his native Guatemala. But the horrors of the long running civil war in the 1980s made him change direction and train as a human rights lawyer. Source: BBC
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The Rios Montt Judgement in the Light of International Law: Naomi Roht-Arriaza and Susan Kemp
Written by Naomi Roht-Arriaza & Susan Kemp (riosmontt-trial.org): Although it is unclear whether the trial of Efrain Rios Montt and Mauricio Rodriguez Sanchez will be resumed, it is worth evaluating the only document that specifically examines the question of guilt… Read More ›
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Criminalization and Persecution of Political Prisoner, Rubén Herrera
Since Friday, March 15, human rights defender and member of the Departmental Assembly of Huehuetenango for the Defense of Natural Resources (ADH), Rubén Herrera, has been unjustly imprisoned for alleged crimes committed in relation to community resistance of the Cambalam… Read More ›
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Constitutional Court annuls sentence against Rios Montt and trial reverts back to April 19
Ten days after a trial court issued its historic verdict convicting Efrain Rios Montt for genocide and crimes against humanity, and sentencing him to prison for 80 years, Guatemala’s Constitutional Court, on Monday 20th May in a 3-2 ruling, annulled… Read More ›
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Rios Montt conviction is a victory for justice
The trial ended on Friday with the conviction of Rios Montt of genocide and crimes against humanity. He was sentenced to 80 years in prison by the three judge panel. The charges against Rios Montt former dictator and his co-accused… Read More ›
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Rights Groups urge completion of genocide trial
On Friday, April 19, the genocide trial of Rios Montt former dictator and Mauricio Rodgriquez Sanchez former head of military intelligence was suspended following the unexpected ruling of Judge Carol Patricia Flores on Thursday, annulling the proceedings. Judge Flores, who… Read More ›
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Guatemala judge suspends Rios Montt genocide trial
Judge Carol Flores sparks row after voiding all actions taken in former dictator’s war crimes case since November 2011 Associated Press in Guatemala City guardian.co.uk, Friday 19 April 2013 09.24 BST A judge in Guatemala has ordered the suspension of… Read More ›
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Genocide on Trial, Day 20: AJR Survivors Respond to Dramatic Events
The Association for Justice and Reconciliation (AJR) represents the witnesses and survivors of Guatemala’s genocide and are co-plaintiffs in the case against Efraín Ríos Montt and José Mauricio Rodríguez Sánchez. For more than a decade the survivors have struggled for… Read More ›
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Fundraising meal in Birmingham