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• New website for the campaign for Justice Nueva Linda

  By Patrick Daniels on April 22, 2008 • ( 0 )

  New website for the campaign for Justice Nueva Linda who are seeking justice in the forced disappearance of Hector Reyes. You can find more about the case of Hector Reyes on this blog here. Justicia Nueva Linda: In their own… Read More ›

• Video: Desaparicion Forzada en Guatemala: desenterrando el olvido

  By Patrick Daniels on April 22, 2008 • ( 0 )

  Part one of Secil Oswaldo de Leon’s documentary on the issue of forced disappearances. Part two of Secil Oswaldo de Leon’s documentary on the issue of forced disappearances. Part three of Secil Oswaldo de Leon’s documentary on the issue of… Read More ›

• Guatemala Human Rights Commission: Report 11-17 April

  By Patrick Daniels on April 20, 2008 • ( 0 )

  This excellent weekly report can’t be found on the web- we publish it here with kind permission from CDHG on this blog. INFORME SEMANAL SOBRE DERECHOS HUMANOSComision de Derechos Humanos de Guatemala =======================================Fuentes directas CDHG, Prensa Libre, Siglo Veintiuno, El… Read More ›

• The eighth annual Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards

  By Patrick Daniels on April 16, 2008 • ( 0 )

  Alvaro Colom, President of Guatemala, recently told supporters: “plant truth and justice and you will reap reconciliation, as Bishop Gerardi used to say”. Award-winning novelist Francisco Goldman is nominated for the T R Fyvel Book Award which honours freedom of… Read More ›

• Guatemalan Government Actions On Food Security Issue

  By Patrick Daniels on April 15, 2008 • ( 0 )

  Democracy Now! ran the following headline: “UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has warned the growing global food crisis has reached emergency proportions. Ban Ki-moon said the international community needs to take urgent action in order to avert a larger political… Read More ›

• Hiawatha: An Attempt To Understand Cultures And Peace

  By Patrick Daniels on April 15, 2008 • ( 0 )

  The publication of “The Song of Hiawatha” in 1855 by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow marked an early attempt in Western literature to join native American concepts with a Finnish epic’s meter. On the Mountains of the Prairie,On the great Red Pipe-stone… Read More ›

• Guatemala Human Rights Commission: Report 4-10 April

  By Patrick Daniels on April 12, 2008 • ( 0 )

  This excellent weekly report can’t be found on the web- we publish it here with kind permission from CDHG on this blog. INFORME SEMANAL SOBRE DERECHOS HUMANOSComision de Derechos Humanos de Guatemala =======================================Fuentes directas CDHG, Prensa Libre, Siglo Veintiuno, El… Read More ›

• Guatemalan Activist Norma Maldonado in London on 10th April

  By Patrick Daniels on April 7, 2008 • ( 0 )

  I just wanted to flag up the following event where Guatemalan human rights defender, Norma Maldonado, will be speaking 10 April 2008, from 7-9pm. Norma has worked for many years promoting women’s rights, respect for the environment and trade justice… Read More ›

• Guatemala Human Rights Commission: Report 28 March- 3 April

  By Patrick Daniels on April 6, 2008 • ( 0 )

  This excellent weekly report can’t be found on the web- we publish it here with kind permission from CDHG on this blog. INFORME SEMANAL SOBRE DERECHOS HUMANOSComision de Derechos Humanos de Guatemala – Policías y soldados realizan allanamientos en San… Read More ›

• Tackling Racism in Guatemala

  By Patrick Daniels on April 6, 2008 • ( 0 )

  There’s an interesting interview with Marta Casaus (cousin of ex-President Alvaro Arzu) on the BBC Mundo website about the issue of racism in Guatemala. Marta Casaus, author of ‘Guatemala: Linaje y Racismo‘, an academic in American history based in Madrid… Read More ›

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