Andrea Godínez has written on Agencia Ocote about the threats to the judicial process in the Military Diary case and the pain being felt by family members of the those forcibly disappeared by the Guatemala state because of these threats…. Read More ›
Diario Militar
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 ›
IACHR ratifies judgement to protect Judge Gálvez
Verdad y Justicia en Guatemala tweeted that the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) had ratified their judgement regarding Judge Miguel Ángel Gálvez in ordering the Guatemala state to provide protection and security for the Judge and his family. Errors… Read More ›
Inter-American Court of Human Rights orders urgent measures to protect victims and the judge in the Military Diary case
Jo-Marie Burt writes in WOLA about a resolution of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) ordering the State of Guatemala to protect Miguel Ángel Gálvez, the pretrial judge in the Diario Militar (Death Squad Dossier) case, and to guarantee… Read More ›
Amid Impunity Concerns, Guatemalan Courts Advance with War Crimes Cases
Jeff Abbott has written a piece for The Progressive, reflecting on the progress of the Diario Militar (“Death Squad Dossier”) case and its progress through the Guatemalan courts, and which is to reach a conclusion very soon. Mayarí de León… Read More ›
Trial for “Death Squad Dossier” Ties Guatemalan Wartime Atrocities to Current Criminal Networks
Jo-Marie Burt and Paulo Estrada write in El Faro on the Diario Militar, or ‘Death Squad Dossier’ trial, currently taking place in Guatemala. The trial is continuing against a backdrop of sustained attacks on judicial independence and threats against human… Read More ›
BTS: Military Diary Case – Special Bulletin 23
The Maritimes-Guatemala Breaking the Silence Network (BTS) recently posted a Special Bulletin on the Military Diary Case (Caso Diario Militar) currently ongoing in Guatemala. The Military Diary, or Death Squad Diary, case relates to past crimes against humanity and is… Read More ›
New obstruction to historical justice in Guatemala
Mike Phipps writes in Labour Hub about the challenges being faced in the search for justice in the Death Squad Diary (Diario Militar) case. The presiding judge has stated that the defendants have a case to answer but the Attorney… Read More ›
We Reject The Transfer Of Prosecutor Hilda Pineda
In response to the transfer of Hilda Pineda from the Public Prosecutor’s Office to that of Tourist Crimes, the Genocide Never Again Coalition (Coordinación Genocidio Nunca Más) published a rejection (above) on the grounds of justice. Below the following translation,… Read More ›
Guatemalan Court rules former Senior Military & Police must face Justice over War Crimes
The Military Diary Case European Support Network (Red Europea de Solidaridad Caso Diario Militar) issued a press release, yesterday, in response to the news that the presiding judge in the Death Squad Diary case (Caso Diario Militar) has stated that… Read More ›