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• Two years at ‘La Puya’ protecting land and community

  By kevodell on February 13, 2014 • ( 1 )

  In February of 2012, residents of San José del Golfo and San Pedro Ayampuc (La Puya), north of Guatemala City, were struggling to obtain information about a reported mining project in their communities, which would affect hundreds of families. Months… Read More ›

• Guatemala’s pioneering Attorney General being pushed out early

  By kevodell on February 6, 2014 • ( 1 )

  The Guatemala Attorney General Claudia Paz y Paz has stated that, ‘those who have been affected by the advancement of justice are in a hurry for me to leave office’. This was in response to the news that the Guatemala… Read More ›

• Entrevista a Edgar Pérez, abogado de derechos humanos guatemalteco

  By Patrick Daniels on January 30, 2014 • ( 0 )

  Edgar Perez was a successful Greco Roman wrestler in his native Guatemala. But the horrors of the long running civil war in the 1980s made him change direction and train as a human rights lawyer. Source: BBC

• Guatemala justice update – January 2014

  By kevodell on January 18, 2014 • ( 0 )

  “When trial judges in Guatemala convicted their own former head of state, Efrain Rios Montt, of genocide last May—a worldwide first—the rule of law set down roots in a country renowned for impunity.  Subsequent events have shown how fragile those… Read More ›

• Brief Review of 2013

  By kevodell on January 12, 2014 • ( 0 )

  Situation of Human rights defenders The context in Guatemala in 2013 continued being hazardous for human rights’ defenders where, up to October, there were 18 assassinations of human rights defenders and 608 attacks against them, which is almost double the… Read More ›

• 2013: A democratic setback in Guatemala

  By kevodell on January 9, 2014 • ( 2 )

  “Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina was recently named The Latin Trade’s Leader of the Year for 2013 in recognition “for reshaping Guatemala’s foreign trade and investment outlook, effectively implementing changes to position the country as an attractive destination for investment… Read More ›

• Link Between Land Grabs and Sexual Violence Against Q´eqchí Women

  By kevodell on December 14, 2013 • ( 0 )

  Luz Mendez has posted an article on the Americas Program website describing links between land grabs and sexual violence against Maya Q’eqchí women. Relating the stories of two groups of women, who have filed claims in the courts, Mendez links… Read More ›

• Peace Brigades International – First Bulletin 2013 • No. 29

  By samandrewjonesss on December 9, 2013 • ( 0 )

  This edition includes the following articles: – Trial for Genocide: The right to truth and justice for the victims, families and survivors.– Petén: population displacement and the expulsion of communities from their land– News relating to our work. To read… Read More ›

• Wartime victims exhumed from military base return to Pambach

  By kevodell on December 3, 2013 • ( 0 )

  In the Pocomchi’ Mayan hamlet of Pambach, some 38 km from Cobán, residents gather at a local church to welcome the remains of Baldomero Chiquin (disappeared at the age of 16 with his 21-year-old brother Pedro Chiquin), Alberto Batz (disappeared… Read More ›

• Guatemalan lawyer travels to US to press Rios Montt genocide conviction

  By samandrewjonesss on November 12, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Prosecutor representing Ixil minority group hopes pan-American court can reinstate 80-year sentence that was quashed in May The disrupted prosecution for genocide of the former Guatemalan dictator José Efraín Rios Montt will move onto the international stage this week when… Read More ›

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