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 ›
Efraín Ríos Montt is dead
Efraín Ríos Montt, former dictator and leader of the coup d’etat in 1982, died this past Easter Sunday. He was under house arrest as his case was being heard again regarding the genocide carried out against the Ixil people during… Read More ›
‘I Am Here Seeking Justice’
Earlier this year we posted a link to a video from Plaza Pública on the Sepur Zarco case and, of the seeking of justice. The video. with English subtitles, by Juliette Doman, is available here and, again, there is nothing… 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 ›
The Canadian company mining hills of silver – and the people dying to stop it
As part of a wider collaboration between the Guardian and Global Witness, Nina Lakhani writes about the high cost paid by environmental defenders in Guatemala. ——————————————- Deep underground, buried in the lush hills of southern Guatemala, lies a veritable treasure… Read More ›
From civil war to civil protest: A director looks back on three decades of filming Guatemala
Over the past 35 years, Pamela Yates, an American filmmaker, has been visiting Guatemala, documenting the often painful sweep of its history, with particular attention to the indigenous Mayan communities. Her first film, “When the Mountains Tremble” (1983), took viewers… Read More ›
Ríos Montt to Face Second Genocide Trial for the Dos Erres Massacre
A judge in Guatemala has determined that there is sufficient evidence to send former Guatemalan dictator Efraín Ríos Montt to trial for the case of the Las Dos Erres massacre. This is the second trial Ríos Montt will face in… 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 ›
