A sham trial against a former anti-corruption prosecutor gets underway, while a judge gives an alleged war criminal a “get out of jail free” card. Jo-Marie Burt and Paulo Estrada write in WOLA about justice in Guatemala today. While a… Read More ›
Corruption
Amnesty International demands immediate and unconditional release of prisoner of conscience Virginia Laparra
In response to the continued criminalisation of Virginia Laparra, Amnesty International published an item in her support as a ‘prisoner of conscience’. Former prosecutor Virginia Laparra, who was head of the Special Prosecutor’s Office against Impunity (FECI) in Quetzaltenango, is… Read More ›
The judge, the prosecutor and the journalist
Marielos Monzón wrote an Opinion piece in Prensa Libre about the state, and judiciary, capture carried out by ‘The Pact of the Corrupt’ in Guatemala, through the lens of what is being done to Virginia Laparra, Miguel Ángel Gálvez, and… Read More ›
Guatemala: UN expert condemns targeting of prosecutor and judge
The Office Of The High Commissioner For Human Rights (OHCHR) posted a statement from the UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Margaret Satterthwaite, urging Guatemalan authorities to take immediate action to ensure the safety of former… Read More ›
Death Squad Dossier Judge Recounts His Fearful Months before Exile
“There’s a strong terror taking hold in Guatemala” Julie López writes in El Faro English about the terrorism currently being directed against independent members of the Guatemala judiciary, and especially, against judge Miguel Ángel Gálvez, who was recently forced into… Read More ›
We Lament the Resignation of Judge Miguel Ángel Gálvez
CALDH, on behalf of the the Human Rights Convergence (la Convergencia por los Derechos Humanos), tweeted a statement in support of Judge Miguel Ángel Gálvez who tendered his resignation and announced his exile. Any errors in translation are mine. You… Read More ›
Clandestine Structures in Guatemala Consummate Witch Hunt against Judge of “Death Squad Dossier” Case
Jo-Marie Burt and Paulo Estrada write in El Faro English on the resignation of Miguél Ángel Gálvez as Guatemalan High-Risk Judge, and his announcement of exile. Corrupt officials and war criminals sought to make an example out of Gálvez, as… Read More ›
Statement: The Situation of the freedom of expression in Guatemala at CIDH hearing
NISGUA have translated and published a statement from Red Rompe el Miedo Guatemala (RRMG) whose members are Centro Civitas, Protection International, Federación Guatemalteca de Escuelas Radiofónicas, Asociación Sobrevivencia Cultural and Artículo 19. It is regarding the situation of the freedom… Read More ›
PBI – Becoming A ‘Brigadista’
The Peace Brigades International (PBI) Guatemala Project is made up of volunteers, from many countries, who have gone through a long and detailed training which covers the situation in Guatemala as well as the work of international accompaniment that PBI… Read More ›
Guatemala is Constructing a Religious Narco-State
Jeff Abbott has written a piece in The Progressive, for the “Other Americans” series, reflecting on the rise of right-wing evangelical forces in the once-Catholic majority nation which is reshaping its culture—and politics. As Christian nationalism rises within the Republican… Read More ›
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