Over the past decade in Guatemala, criminalization has increasingly served as a strategy to stifle public participation in civic life. In most cases, Guatemalan authorities have collaborated with both business and military interests to criminalize those who seek justice and fight against impunity. Unending criminalization of Indigenous land defenders Early [...]
(Photo taken during manifestations in the capital. The sign reads: No danger, killer state. Gendri Reyes: leave your position now. Alejandro Giammattei: Stop lying. Consuelo Porras: stop surveilling!) Por María Reyes El jueves 13 de enero del 2022, el pleno del Congreso de la República aprobó el Acuerdo 1-2022, [...]
(Photo taken during manifestations in the capital. The sign reads: No danger, killer state. Gendri Reyes: leave your position now. Alejandro Giammattei: Stop lying. Consuelo Porras: stop surveilling!) Written by María Reyes On Thursday, January 13th, 2022, the plenary of the Congress of the Republic approved Agreement 1-2022, by [...]
During the first quarter of 2022, several former justice officials have been arrested, including Leyly Santizo, former employee of the International Commission Against Impunity (CICIG), and Siomara Sosa, former prosecutor of the Special Prosecutor's Office against Impunity (FECI). According to the Attorney General’s Office (MP), this is part of an [...]
Escrito por: Maria Reyes El pasado 7 de junio, en el Congreso Guatemalteco la bancada Valor que dirige Zury Ríos hija Ríos Montt, presentó la iniciativa de ley 5920 o ley de consolidación de la paz y de la reconciliación, también conocida como “Ley de Amnistía”. La propuesta de ley [...]
Press release May 17, 2017 (Guatemala/Oakland, CA/Tatamagouche, NS) — On Wednesday, a letter was delivered to the Public Prosecutor’s office in Guatemala on behalf of more than 2,900 people requesting an immediate and thorough investigation into the murder of 16-year-old Topacio Reynoso Pacheco and the attacks against her father, Alex [...]
Síntesis de las últimas resoluciones Jacobo Mogollón – David Oliva – Rodrigo Véliz Estrada Centro de Medios Independientes (CMI) Hasta el miércoles por la tarde todo indicaba que el juicio estaba próximo a su fin. La mayoría de los peritos y testigos de ambas partes habían ya pasado a declarar, [...]
http://org2.salsalabs.com/o/6497/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=13678 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 hydroelectric dam, operated by Hidro Santa Cruz. Citing 12 [...]
