Guatemala Human Rights Commission/USA

Guatemala News and Urgent Action Archives

2008 - 2007 - 2006 - 2005

2008

Death Penalty Guatemala: Green Light for Executions - February 13, 2008
Read testimonies given to the Spanish Federal Court by Guatemalan victims of genocide - February 4 - 8, 2008
Read a letter to the Attorney General of Guatemala from GHRC and other non-governmental organizations regarding threats to human rights defenders from the Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Team (FAFG) - February 28, 2008
Read a paid advertisement from GHRC and other non-governmental organizations that appeared in Guatemalan newspaper Prensa Libre - February 5, 2008

US Senate Calls on Guatemala to Address Murders of Women - March 11, 2008
El Senado Estadounidense Exige al Gobierno Guatemalteco Responder a los Asesinatos de Mujeres - 11 de marzo, 2008
Colom Vetoes the Death Penalty - March 14, 2008

Read Femicide in Guatemala, an article by Victoria Sanford in Revista: the Harvard Review of Latin America - April 3, 2008
Read Dangers and Insecurity in Postwar Guatemala, an article by Kedron Thomas and Peter Bensen in Revista: the Harvard Review of Latin America - April 3, 2008

Commemoration of Bishop's Assassination Calls Attention to Impunity in Guatemala - April 26, 2008
Una Conmemoración del Asesinato de Mons. Gerardi Llama Atención a la Impunidad en Guatemala - 26 de abril
Guatemalan Stresses Immigrant Sacrifices - The Washington Post, April 30, 2008

Guatemalan Congress Approves Law Against Femicide - Latina America Press, May 2, 2008

2007

483 Families Evicted by CGN - January 12, 2007
Two Environmental Activists Attacked - January 18, 2007
Union Leader Killed and Colleagues Threatened - January 23, 2007
Fear for Safety - January 26, 2007
Environmental Activist Threatened - January 29, 2007
Victims of Burned Spanish Embassy Will Receive Compensation - January 29, 2007

Human Rights Organizations Attacked - February 28, 2007

Four Development Organizations Raided - April 11, 2007
Sign Petition to Try Rios Montt for Genocide - April 16, 2007
GHRC Remembers Juan Gerardi - April 26, 2007

Senate Resolution 155 on CICIG - May 1, 2007
U.S. House Resolution 100 - May 1, 2007
U.S. House Resolution 100 Co-Sponsors - May 1, 2007
U.S. House Resolution 100 Text - May 1, 2007
Five Human Rights Defenders Threatened- May 7, 2007
FAFG Staff and Relatives Threatened - May 30, 2007

Guatemalan Police Rescue Stolen Baby - July 18, 2007

Guatemalan Congress Passes CICIG - August 2, 2007
Drug Gangs Use Violence to Sway Guatemala Vote - August 4, 2007
Guatemalans Uninspiried by Presidential Race - August 4, 2007
Civil War by Other Means: Rigoberta Menchu's Presidential Bid Could Turn the Page on Guatemala's Bloody Past - August 6, 2007
Rigoberta Menchu Kicked Out of Hotel in Cancun - August 16, 2007
Recuperating the Land that Belongs to Us - August 21, 2007
Guatemala's Kafta-esque Year - August 24, 2007
Guatemala on "Brink of Ruin" After 40 Murdered - August 26, 2007

For Guatemalan Villagers, Ability to Vote is a Victory - September 10, 2007
Complex Defeat for Nobel Prize Winner in Guatemala - September 11, 2007
Guatemalan Businessman, Ex-General Head to Runoff - September 11, 2007
Guatemalan Union Leader Killed - September 27, 2007

Colom Wins Presidency in Guatemala Runoff - November 5, 2007

Guatemala Approves Adoption Law - December 11, 2007
Community Leader Killed - December 13, 2007
Guatemalan Court's Refusal to Extradite Those Accuse of Genocide a Blow to Justice - December 18, 2007
Rechazan Resolución de la CC en Caso España - 18 diciembre
The Atrocity Files: Deciphering the Archives of Guatemala's Dirty War -
by Kate Doyle, December 2007 Harper's Magazine

2006

CAFTA Implementation - January 11, 2006
Forensic Anthropologists Threatened - January 13, 2006
Protesters at Nueva Linda - January 22, 2006
Injusticia y Represion - January 23, 2006
CUC Press Release - January 24, 2006

Charges Against Activists - February 8, 2006
Evictions in Alta Verapaz - February 15, 2006

Community Radio Raids - March 6, 2006
International Women's Day Article - March 8, 2006
Why Aren't They Mining? - March 13, 2006
CCDA Broken Into - March 26, 2006
Teacher and Family in Danger - March 28, 2006
Temor por Claudia Rivas - March 28, 2006
From San Marcos to Colombia - March 29, 2006
Unsolved Murders Terrorize Women - March 30, 2006

Army Eviction in Peten - April 3, 2006
CONIC Leader and Wife Murdered - April 5, 2006
Land Violence - April 6, 2006
Community Leader Assassinated - April 12, 2006
Forced Eviction in Alta Verapaz - April 21, 2006

115 Members of Congress Sign Letter - May 11, 2006
National HR Movement Threatened - May 16, 2006
Historic Police Archives - May 19, 2006
Sandra Xol Murdered - May 24, 2006
Guatemala Must Do More to Assure Security - May 30, 2006

New Threats to Nueva Linda - June 6, 2006
Farm Workers At Risk - June 8, 2006
Increasing Threats Alarm UN - June 13, 2006
Human Rights Defenders Kidnapped - June 13, 2006
Miembro de ASIDECQ Secuestrado - June 13, 2006
No to Mining Exploitation - June 18, 2006
Police Evict Elderly Strikers - June 23, 2006
Human Rights Defenders Threatened - June 30, 2006

CAFTA Protests - July 2, 2006
Judge Issues Arrest Warrants - July 7, 2006
Confrontation Finca Moca - July 14, 2006
Situacion de Derechos Humanos La Moca - July 14, 2006

Trade Unionist Kidnapped - August 1, 2006
Femicides Go Unpunished - August 3, 2006
Military Operation in Ixcan - August 22, 2006
Human Rights Lawyer Threatened - August 31, 2006

CONAPAMG Threatened - September 21, 2006
Speak Out Against Intimidations - September 29, 2006

Justice for Genocide - October 5, 2006
Community Health Workers Threatened - October 23, 2006
Apology for Harbury Husband Murder - October 26, 2006

AVELMIGUA Threats - November 16, 2006

Fear for Security of ECAP Members - December 8, 2006
Vigil Honors Guatemala's Women - December 8, 2006

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2005

Human Rights Lawyer Threatened - January 7, 2005
Mayor Gudiel Killed - January 10, 2005
Mayor's Wife Attacked - January 17, 2005

GAM Staff Threatened - February 9, 2005

CAFTA Protestors Brutally Repressed - March 15, 2005
Murder Plans Revealed - March 18, 2005
CAFTA Journalists Threatened - March 18, 2005
Indigenous Leaders Threatened - March 25, 2005
Alvaro Benigno Sanchez Murdered - March 29, 2005

CAFTA Protestor Loses Leg - April 15, 2005

CAFTA Opponents Attacked - May 13, 2005

CUC Death Threats - June 23, 2005
STEG Office Raided - June 28, 2005

CEIBA Leader Threatened - July 8, 2005
Human Rights Leader Assassinated - July 12, 2005
Ex-PAC Members Attack Journalists - July 12, 2005
CONGOOP Member Threatened - July 19, 2005
Union Leaders Threatened - July 25, 2005

HIJOS Member Threatened - August 25, 2005
Nueva Linda Anniversary - August 31, 2005

Casa Alianza Advisor Murdered - September 12, 2005
Intimidation and Murders Continue - September 13, 2005
Gang Violence Escalates - September 20, 2005
Journalist Threatened - September 29, 2005

Human Rights Offices Attacked - October 3, 2005
Hurricane Stan Update - October 9, 2005
Slow Aid to Hurricane Victims - October 9, 2005
Hurricane Victims Need Long Term Aid - October 15, 2005
Hurricane Victims Wary of Military Aid - October 19, 2005
Guatemala's Murdered Women - October 21, 2005
Lifeline to a Devastated Guatemala - October 23, 2005
Black Thursday Case Intimidation - October 24, 2005

US Maintains Ban on IMET - November 3, 2005
Another Evicton, Another Death - November 15, 2005
Untouchable Narco State - November 18, 2005
Mildewed Police Files - November 21, 2005

Hurricane Hunger Crisis Looms - December 5, 2005
LGBT Activist Shot - December 21, 2005

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