By Juliette Doman, published in The Conversation. In February 2016, Guatemalan women survivors and the alliance of organisations supporting them successfully prosecuted two former members of the Guatemalan military for domestic and sexual slavery in the groundbreaking Sepur Zarco trial…. Read More ›
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Molina Theissen – ‘we have chosen to live’
It has taken 37 years for the five ex-military leaders to face justice for the forced disappearance of the 14 year old Marco Antonio Molina Theissen and the rape and torture of his sister, Emma Guadalupe Molina Theissen. They are… Read More ›
In Guatemala, the rule of law strikes back
The following appeared as an Opinion Piece in the Washington Post yesterday. WHEN HE ran successfully for president of Guatemala two years ago, Jimmy Morales was a political novice, best known as a television comedian playing feeble-minded peasants. It turns… Read More ›
Jimmy or Iván? How to understand the current crisis in Guatemala
Carolina Gamazo writes a helpful piece in FACTum to give some background to the current crisis in Guatemala. The underlying thing is that Morales wanted to put a stop to attempts to prosecute him for illicit financing. Within hours of… Read More ›
Court Ratifies Historic Sepur Zarco Sexual Violence Judgment
The High Risk Appellate Court upheld the historic Sepur Zarco judgment this week after unanimously rejecting the three appeals presented by the defense counsel of the two military officials convicted last February in the case. The judges read the summary… Read More ›
Human Rights violations in Ixquisis end in the murder of Sebastian Alonso Juan
Región de Ixquisis – Foto ACOGUATE This article was published on the website of ACOGUATE in February 2017 and was translated by Lazara Morgan. The murder of Sebastian Alonso Juan took place during a peaceful demonstration on the 17th January… Read More ›
Rodrigo Tot wins Goldman Environmental Prize for land-title quest
Rodrigo Tot (Goldman Environmental Prize) Rodrigo Tot, an indigenous leader in Guatemala’s Agua Caliente, led his community to a landmark court decision that ordered the government to issue land titles to the Q’eqchi people and kept environmentally destructive nickel mining… Read More ›
Guatemala: Saving Indigenous Radio
This short video is from ‘Amplifying Indigenous Voices: Cultural Survival’s Community Media Program’. Community radio has been a vital presence in Indigenous communities in Guatemala since the 1960s. Indigenous Peoples in Guatemala rely on community radio to keep their cultures,… Read More ›
CREOMPAZ: The largest case of forced disappearance in Latin America
With the news that an arrest warrant has been issued for Congressman Edgar Justino Ovalle, in connection with the CREOMPAZ case, it’s a good idea to recap the case in question, from a report by NISGUA. On January 6, 2016,… Read More ›
CREOMPAZ Case: Fears that Congressman Ovalle has Fled
The Guatemala Attorney General, Thelma Aldana, issued an arrest warrant for Congressman Edgar Justino Ovalle, in connection with the CREOMPAZ case, writes Jo-Marie Burt in the International Justice Monitor website. It is suspected he has fled the country. Ovalle is… Read More ›
