Guatemala Solidarity Network

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• International legal experts gravely concerned at lack of protections for Indigenous peoples and human rights defenders in Guatemala

  By kevodell on April 20, 2023 • ( 0 )

  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 ›

• The first trial for the genocide of Indigenous Peoples

  By kevodell on April 1, 2023 • ( 0 )

  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 ›

• Exclusion of Presidential Candidates Stains June Guatemalan Elections

  By kevodell on April 1, 2023 • ( 0 )

  Inscription for the June national vote closed this weekend. Electoral authorities, toeing the line of far-right political operatives, have spuriously excluded two presidential duos and are aiming for a third, clearing the way for conservative Zury Rios. Roman Gressier and… Read More ›

• José Rubén Zamora’s Trial Judge Expands Probe to Reporters Covering the Case

  By kevodell on April 1, 2023 • ( 0 )

  Roman Gressier and Nelson Rauda, with Julie López, write in El Faro English on the continuing attacks on journalists and the freedom of expression in Guatemala. This is all part of the concerted attack on anti-corruption initiatives being championed by… Read More ›

• Virginia Laparra, a Scapegoat in Guatemalan Prison

  By kevodell on April 1, 2023 • ( 0 )

  Álvaro Montenegro wrote in El Faro English about the situation of Virginia Laparra, a former anti-corruption prosecutor, imprisoned for highlighting corruption in the judicial system. On February 23, prosecutor Virginia Laparra completed one year in prison, held alongside military officers,… Read More ›

• Disassembling the Death Squad Dossier Case

  By kevodell on April 1, 2023 • ( 0 )

  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

  By kevodell on February 17, 2023 • ( 0 )

  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

  By kevodell on January 16, 2023 • ( 0 )

  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 ›

• The ‘Sharpshooter’ Targetting The Leaders Of The Fight Against Corruption In Guatemala

  By kevodell on December 21, 2022 • ( 0 )

  ‘The ‘Sharpshooter’ Targetting The Leaders Of The Fight Against Corruption In Guatemala’ is the result of an investigation carried out by Guatemala Leaks and CONNECTAS and published, in this instance, on the website of Agencia Ocote. It tells the story… Read More ›

• Anti-corruption prosecutor in Guatemala given 4-year jail term

  By kevodell on December 20, 2022 • ( 0 )

  The International Association of People’s Lawyers (IAPL) have noted the sentencing of Virginia Laparra to a four year jail term, further undermining the fight against corruption in Guatemala, the corruption being carried out by the business and military elites, as… Read More ›

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