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Why Do We Need to Keep Up the Pressure to Prosecute Rios Montt for Genocide?
It’s encouraging that Guatemalan courts ruled that Rios Montt must stand trial for murder of thousands of civilians. But we mustmake sure justice moves forward!
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Why Does Guatemala Have One of the Highest Rates of Femicide in the World?
In 2008, Guatemala passed a law establishing special tribunals and sentencing guidelines for violence against women. On the surface, such a law says that the Guatemalan government values the lives…
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Freedom of Expression Under Attack in Central America: Four Cases From New AI Report
Just within the relatively small region of Central America, Amnesty International’s new report, Transforming Pain into Hope, highlights four important cases of attacks on freedom of expression that seek to…
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Justice Denied for 30 Years: Six Reasons Guatemala Must Bring Rios Montt to Justice!
November 2012 marks the 30th anniversary of General Efrain Rios Montt launching the bloodiest period of Guatemala’s civil war after seizing power in a coup. Countless Guatemalans have never learned…
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Faxes Jammed! Guatemalan Government Responds to Our Actions for Norma Cruz
The faxjam action for Guatemalan human rights defender Norma Cruz is causing the authorities to take notice. Keep up the pressure so she can do her work safely.
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Stop the Death Threats. Defend Norma Cruz.
Norma Cruz has been repeatedly threatened with death because of her work documenting cases of violence against women and fighting for justice. It's time someone defended Norma.
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Through Her Work Protecting Victims, One Woman Has Become a Target of Attack Herself
This post is part of our Write for Rights series. Norma Cruz has been speaking out against domestic violence in Guatemala for many years. She is the leader of Fundación…
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Pass IVAWA: "no time to waste"
Yesterday, members of Congress and human rights advocates, including Amnesty’s celebrity spokesperson Samantha Mathis, made the case for passing the International Violence Against Women Act (IVAWA) on Capitol Hill. At the…
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Secretary Clinton: when you go to Guatemala, will you put human rights at the top of your agenda?
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Extrajudicial killings in Guatemala"][/caption] I hope that during US Secretary of State Clinton’s March 4th visit to Guatemala, the grave human rights situation, specifically the extra-judicial…
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Justice for Guatemala's Disappeared?
Yesterday, The Washington Post published an article highlighting the opening of Guatemala's police archives. The archives -- which contain documentation of Guatemala's internal armed conflict that killed approximately 200,000 people -- could…