Peace Brigades International UK (PBI-UK) accompanied a group of international lawyers to Guatemala concerned at UN and civil society reports regarding human rights violations associated with agrarian conflict in Alta Verapaz. The International Delegation of Independent Lawyers travelled to Alta… Read More ›
Solidarity in Action
The first trial for the genocide of Indigenous Peoples
We received this note from Pamela Yates and Paco de Onís, of Skylight, relating to the genocide trial of Efraín Ríos Montt in 2013, which may be of interest. We wanted to share it. Dear Friend, Ten years ago, General… Read More ›
Disassembling the Death Squad Dossier Case
Jo-Marie Burt and Paulo Estrada wrote in El Faro English on the further dismantling of the independent justice system and its effects on a particularly important historical case. For decades, survivors and the families of the victims of the Death Squad… Read More ›
PBI Guatemala call for volunteers
Peace Brigades International Guatemala is looking for dedicated people to join the field team. GSN received this note from our friends at PBI-UK. Selected volunteers will work alongside human rights defenders on the frontlines of fights for land, access, and… Read More ›
June 2023 Election Poses Critical Test for Guatemalan Democracy
Dozens of mostly conservative candidates are expected to compete in the June general election as divided elites seek control of a state emptied of its anti-corruption judges and prosecutors. Election lawfare to block candidacies could tip the scales, as it… Read More ›
Anti-Mining Networks Support Land Defense Movements in Central America
In Guatemala and Honduras, regional anti-mining networks have become key players in struggles to combat extractivism and the criminalization of activists. Giada Ferrucci and Pedro Cabezas write in NACLA on extractivism and resistance in Central America, focussing on Guatemala and… Read More ›
TrialWatch to Monitor Guatemalan Journalist’s Trial
The Clooney Foundation for Justice has posted a piece regarding the trial of José Rubén Zamora, another example of the state criminalising someone seeking to shine a light on corruption within the Guatemala system. This is as part of their… Read More ›
Guatemala: former president sentenced to 16 years for corruption
Otto Pérez Molina and his vice-president found guilty seven years after they were forced from office but culture of impunity persists Jeff Abbott writes in The Guardian about the sentencing of the former president and his vice-president following their being… Read More ›
FONGI Denounces Use Of Excessive Force In Chapín Abajo
GHRC writes, ‘In the early morning of December 6, hundreds of Guatemalan police and military forces attacked the Q’eqchi’ community of Chapín Abajo in El Estor, Izabal. The group arrived via boat, working alongside what witnesses have reported as local… Read More ›
GHRC alert condemning the violence against Indigenous Q’eqchi community
GHRC recently issued an alert condemning the violence perpetrated by State security forces against the Indigenous Q’eqchi community in Chapin Abajo, El Estor. Read the full statement above.
Guatemala Solidarity Network 