Read reports from the other days of the Sepur Zarco trial here. Guatemala City February 7, 2016 By Fabienne Doiron The court only heard two witnesses on Friday: the video declaration of one of the complainants in the case and the two-hour long declaration of a protected witness who [...]
Read other report backs from the Sepur Zarco Trial here. Day 4 - I had never felt that kind of fear before Guatemala City February 6, 2016 By Fabienne Doiron The fourth day of hearings in the Sepur Zarco trial for sexual violence and sexual and domestic slavery started on [...]
Read our report backs from the Sepur Zarco trial here. Solidarity Statement with the complainants in the Sepur Zarco trial As the historic Sepur Zarco trial continues in Guatemala, the Breaking the Silence Maritimes-Guatemala Network wishes to express our solidarity and support to our strong and resilient sisters there who [...]
On February 1, 2016, the historic Sepur Zarco sexual slavery trial opened in Guatemala City. On February 26, Esteelmer Reyes Girón and Heriberto Valdez Asij were convicted of war crimes. Celebrate this historic moment with the brave and defiant complainants, who have waited 33 years for justice. Read our final report [...]
Read Day 1 of the Sepur Zarco Trial Read Day 2 of the Sepur Zarco Trial Guatemala City February 4, 2016 By Fabienne Doiron Yesterday the third day of the Sepur Zarco trial began like the others, waiting in (a much shorter) line to be let through the courthouse gates [...]
Read About Day 1 Here. Day 3 here. Guatemala City February 2, 2016 By Lisa Rankin and Fabienne Doiron Today marked the second day of the Sepur Zarco trial, in which lieutenant colonel Esteelmer Francisco Reyes and former military commissioner Heriberto Valdez Asij are charged of crimes against humanity committed [...]
Read about other days in trial here. Guatemala City February 1, 2016 By Fabienne Doiron It was 7:30am in Guatemala City, dozens of people were lining up waiting for the courthouse to open. There’s often a line-up here, but this morning’s was longer, filled with women holding up white flowers, [...]
International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women — the Canadian government must take action to respect, protect and fulfill the human rights of women, both in Canada and abroad. Canada was one of the first countries to sign and ratify the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of [...]
Originally posted in the NB Media Coop. BTS Fredericton member Tracy Glynn gave this speech at the "Women on the Move Until We are All Free" rally in Fredericton on April 24, 2015. I’m a member of Breaking the Silence – a network of people in the Maritimes who began [...]
Las mujeres víctimas de violencia sexual, los niños y niñas robados de sus familias, los hombres y mujeres sobrevivientes de las masacres, cometidas por el ejército de Guatemala durante el conflicto armado interno, FUERON BURLADAS por la resolución emitida por el juzgado de mayor riesgo A, quien consideramos interpretó erróneamente [...]
