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• Increased attacks against human rights defenders in Guatemala

  By kevodell on June 3, 2013 • ( 0 )

  Alert issued by Peace Brigades International (PBI) Guatemala, May 2013 The purpose of this “Alert” is to draw attention to, and share our concerns regarding the intensification and severity of attacks against human rights defenders in Guatemala, the defamation and… Read More ›

• This land is Mayan

  By kevodell on June 2, 2013 • ( 0 )

  “Indigenous communities in Guatemala, pushed off the land so biofuels can be cultivated, are struggling to survive – and it’s our fault”. On the 15th March 2011, 800 families from 14 communities in Guatemala’s Polochic Valley were forcibly evicted from… Read More ›

• Rubén Herrera Released from Prison!

  By kevodell on June 1, 2013 • ( 0 )

  NISGUA reports, here, that Rubén Herrera, unjustly imprisoned since March 15 for his resistance to the Cambalam hydro-electric project, has been released from custody and cleared of all charges in one of two legal processes against him. While this case… Read More ›

• Criminalization and Persecution of Political Prisoner, Rubén Herrera

  By Patrick Daniels on May 23, 2013 • ( 0 )

  Since Friday, March 15, human rights defender and member of the Departmental Assembly of Huehuetenango for the Defense of Natural Resources (ADH), Rubén Herrera, has been unjustly imprisoned for alleged crimes committed in relation to community resistance of the Cambalam… Read More ›

• Constitutional Court annuls sentence against Rios Montt and trial reverts back to April 19

  By Patrick Daniels on May 22, 2013 • ( 0 )

  Ten days after a trial court issued its historic verdict convicting Efrain Rios Montt for genocide and crimes against humanity, and sentencing him to prison for 80 years, Guatemala’s Constitutional Court, on Monday 20th May in a 3-2 ruling, annulled… Read More ›

• Film Review – The Echo of Pain of the Many (2011, documentary)

  By Sanj Krishnan on May 19, 2013 • ( 2 )

  A powerful, personal story of state-sponsored terror in Guatemala and the lasting effects it has had on families, “The Echo of Pain of the Many” is a timely testament to the brave, untiring efforts of Guatemalans to demand justice and… Read More ›

• Rios Montt conviction is a victory for justice

  By Patrick Daniels on May 11, 2013 • ( 0 )

  The trial ended on Friday with the conviction of Rios Montt of genocide and crimes against humanity. He was sentenced to 80 years in prison by the three judge panel. The charges against Rios Montt former dictator and his co-accused… Read More ›

• From Guatemalan Soil, Unearthing Evidence of Genocide

  By kevodell on May 9, 2013 • ( 0 )

  Miles O’Brien and Xeni Jardin report on the role of science and forensics in the Ríos Montt genocide trial in Guatemala. Here is a very good piece from PBS Newshour – “In Guatemala, investigators using forensic science have compelling evidence… Read More ›

• State of Siege: Mining Conflict Escalates in Guatemala

  By kevodell on May 6, 2013 • ( 0 )

  “Fifty miles southeast of the capital, private security guards working for Vancouver-based mining firm Tahoe Resources shot and wounded several local residents on Saturday in San Rafael Las Flores, on the road in front of Tahoe’s El Escobal silver mine…. Read More ›

• In Guatemala, state violence is on trial but repression continues

  By kevodell on May 1, 2013 • ( 0 )

  “In Guatemala, the trial against former General Efraín Ríos Montt, who terrorized the country during his brief dictatorship in the early 1980s, continues. The general has been accused of killing hundreds of indigenous Guatemalans, and he is being tried on… Read More ›

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