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• Amnesty International Urgent Action on Trades Unionist

  By Patrick Daniels on November 12, 2010 • ( 0 )

  Amnesty International have just issued the following urgent action on behalf of Mateo Lopez, a trades unions from the Health Trade Union. He has been very active in denouncing corruption in the health service and has also been involved in… Read More ›

• The Disappearance of Edgar Fernando García

  By Patrick Daniels on November 12, 2010 • ( 0 )

  At the end of October another crack was opened in the wall of impunity: there was a further conviction for forced disappearance. That is the third success for justice, along with the El Jute and Choatalum  cases. The bare facts… Read More ›

• Film event on the life of Monseñor Gerardi

  By Patrick Daniels on September 17, 2010 • ( 0 )

  We have just received notification of this free event next Tuesday at Amnesty International’s Human Rights Centre: Amnesty International and the Guatemalan Archdiocese’s Office of Human Rights (ODHAG) invite you to see this 90-minute English subtitled film which narrates the… Read More ›

• A question of disappearance

  By Patrick Daniels on July 28, 2010 • ( 0 )

  It is rare that Guatemala gets any attention in the chambers of Westminster, so I was pleased to see that a parliamentary question has been asked about it recently. During the fourteenth session of the UN Human Rights Council a… Read More ›

• An inside look into the exhumations of Guatemala: Panzos

  By Patrick Daniels on July 4, 2010 • ( 0 )

  The years between 1978 and 1982 were the most brutal of the Guatemalan civil war culminating in ethnic cleansing campaigns now labeled as Genocide by the UN truth commission (CEH).  With varying styles, the Romeo Lucas Garcia and Rios Montt… Read More ›

• CICIG – a model for others to follow

  By Patrick Daniels on June 26, 2010 • ( 0 )

  The lamentable resignation of Carlos Castresana, head of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala, better known by its initials as CICIG, has focussed attention on this important body. We should not forget how unique it is, as you can… Read More ›

• Guatemala heeds CIDH and orders suspension of mining

  By Patrick Daniels on June 24, 2010 • ( 0 )

  Right on the deadline given by the Interamerican Commission of Human Rights (CIDH, in Spanish) for compliance, the Guatemalan government has responded positively to their request that mining activities at the Marlin mine be suspended. Earlier in the year the… Read More ›

• Disaster relief for victims of Agatha

  By Patrick Daniels on June 16, 2010 • ( 0 )

  It cannot have escaped your attention that Guatemala has been afflicted by natural disasters recently, reflecting its position in both a tectonically active and hurricane prone region. It is rare that Central America features in the news on Radio 4,… Read More ›

• Support CICIG

  By Patrick Daniels on June 16, 2010 • ( 0 )

  You will have already read on this website about the unfortunate resignation of the head of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala, known as CICIG. One of the matters which provoked Carlos Castresana to finally throw in the towel… Read More ›

• Sign a petition – support important cases in Guatemala

  By Patrick Daniels on June 9, 2010 • ( 0 )

  We recently posted an item about Jennifer Harbury, in which in a recording of a talk she gave, she updates us on the status of the case of her husband. She has been pursuing the truth in the case of… Read More ›