In Guatemala, truthtellers and preservers of the past face renewed hostility. Digitization projects help safeguard the archives of state violence. Daniel Alvarado, Carlos Juárez, and Brie Gettleson write in NACLA about the importance of technology in the preservation of historical… Read More ›
Police Archives
PBI-Guatemala concern over the situation at the Police Archive
Brent Patterson writes: On January 12, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project posted, “The Supreme Court of Justice had scheduled a public hearing on the AHPN situation but rescheduled it for February 24. Meanwhile the Archive is left without staff.” The… Read More ›
Joint Declaration on the Guatemala Police Archive
This post from the National Security Archive (NSA) website, by Kate Doyle with Megan DeTura. ‘The Historical Archive of the National Police of Guatemala (AHPN) is in trouble. This unparalleled collection of Guatemalan police records, renowned throughout the hemisphere and… Read More ›
BBC World Service to broadcast about the Police Archives
The BBC World Service is to broadcast a documentary about the police archives, much in the news recently. Entitled "The Atrocity Archives" it will be broadcast on 6 Apil. You can find out the programme details, listen to a trailer… Read More ›
PBS Documentary on National Police Archives
We have reported before about the discovery and analysis of the National Police archive. Whilst there never was going to be the smoking gun of the direct, explicit and written order to disappear someone, nevertheless a careful study of the… Read More ›
