Something made me check out the Al Jazeera website and I saw this little video. “During Guatemala’s 36-year civil war in which at least 200,000 people died, victims of the government’s death squads were buried in unmarked graves. Now they are… Read More ›
Human Rights
Peace Brigades International announcements
Peace Brigades International are an organisation you may already be aware of: they train and place accompaniers in various countries of the world. In their own words: "PBI is an international NGO that has been promoting nonviolence and protecting human… Read More ›
Attacks on Human Rights Workers
We have just received news from ACOGUATE of death threats and attacks suffered by staff of two human rights organizations in Guatemala, SEDEM and UDEFEGUA, in the last number of days. The messages were personal and referred to the work… Read More ›
Days of Papering
This is from a new photomontage from James Rodríguez and MiMundo. Next month, it will be 10 years since HIJOS Guatemala began their struggle in search of memory, truth and justice with reference to crimes against humanity committed by… Read More ›
Photo: Guatemala Police Archives
Flickr: photos.robert
Mural monseñor Gerardi
Flickr: Surizar "Uno de los tres murales pintados en la parroquia de San Sebastián, en conmemoración del undécimo aniversario de la muerte de monseñor Juan Gerardi. Los murales son obra de la artista italiana Alessandra Vecci y el pintor guatemalteco Máximo… Read More ›
Former President found guilty of Human Rights Abuses
No, it’s not April Fool’s Day, and so it’s not a joke in rather bad taste. As you might have guessed, we aren’t talking about Guatemala, but Peru, where earlier this week former President Alberto Fujimori was found guilty of… Read More ›
Accompanier blog
While we do our best to keep abreast of the situation in Guatemala and keep people informed via this blog, nothing quite beats the insight provided by those who can report back on what is actually happening "on the ground"… Read More ›
Military documents handed to court
As we reported earlier the release of military plans to the court as evidence in the AJR genocide case still wasn’t happening, despite several court orders that they be supplied. However, finally, two of the plans, Victoria 82 and Firmeza… Read More ›
BBC World Service to broadcast about the Police Archives
The BBC World Service is to broadcast a documentary about the police archives, much in the news recently. Entitled "The Atrocity Archives" it will be broadcast on 6 Apil. You can find out the programme details, listen to a trailer… Read More ›
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