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Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Government Corruption
Immigration
Justice and Impunity
Militarization
Mining and Land Rights
Violence Against Women
Violence, Gangs and Narcotrafficking
Government Corruption
Immigration
Justice and Impunity
Militarization
Mining and Land Rights
Violence Against Women
Violence, Gangs and Narcotrafficking
2008
Despite overwhelming community opposition, environmental destruction, and drastic effects on the health of the community members, the canadian mining company Goldcorp continues to operate the Marocial Justilin Mine in the region of San Miguel, Ixtahuacan. Read more about the mine and watch a video about eight women who resisted. Guatemalan Bishops declare Climate Change an issue of Sce - December
Read Letter to new Guatemalan Attorney General encouraging investigation into cases of death threats and murders of human rights defenders.
Death Penalty Guatemala: Green Light for Executions - February 13
Read testimonies given to the Spanish Federal Court by Guatemalan victims of genocide - February 4 - 8
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
US Senate Calls on Guatemala to Address Murders of Women - March 11
El Senado Estadounidense Exige al Gobierno Guatemalteco Responder a los Asesinatos de Mujeres - 11 de marzo
Colom Vetoes the Death Penalty - March 14Read Femicide in Guatemala, an article by Victoria Sanford in Revista: the Harvard Review of Latin America - April 3
Read Dangers and Insecurity in Postwar Guatemala, an article by Kedron Thomas and Peter Bensen in Revista: the Harvard Review of Latin America - April 3Bishop Ramazzini Threatened in Guatemala: Monseñor Álvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri, bishop of the Diocese of San Marcos and president of the Guatemalan Bishop’s Conference, received a death threat on March 31, 2008. -April 3
Commemoration of Bishop's Assassination Calls Attention to Impunity in Guatemala - April 26
Una Conmemoración del Asesinato de Mons. Gerardi Llama Atención a la Impunidad en Guatemala - 26 de abrilGuatemalan Stresses Immigrant Sacrifices - The Washington Post, April 30
Guatemalan Congress Approves Law Against Femicide - Latina America Press, May 2
2008 Testimony from the Spanish Court: Guatemalan Genocide Hearings - May, 26
US Approves Merida Initiative for Mexico and Central America: The U.S. Senate has approved $400 million to help Mexico fight drug-related violence, sending the bill to President Bush for his signature. Known as the Mérida Initiative, the package includes a further $65 million in security aid to be divided among seven countries of Central America plus Haiti and the Dominican Republic... (read more) -WOLA, June 27
Guatemalan Interior Minister Killed in Helicopter Crash: A helicopter crash killed Guatemala's Interior Minister Vinicio Gomez, Vice Interior Minister Edgar Hernandez, the pilot and one other passenger in Baja Verapaz. -The Associated Press, June 28
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, 2007Guatemalan 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, 2007For 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, 2007Colom 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, 2006115 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
2005
Human Rights Lawyer Threatened - January 7, 2005
Mayor Gudiel Killed - January 10, 2005
Mayor's Wife Attacked - January 17, 2005GAM 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, 2005CAFTA Protestor Loses Leg - April 15, 2005
CAFTA Opponents Attacked - May 13, 2005
CUC Death Threats - June 23, 2005
STEG Office Raided - June 28, 2005CEIBA 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, 2005HIJOS Member Threatened - August 25, 2005
Nueva Linda Anniversary - August 31, 2005Casa Alianza Advisor Murdered - September 12, 2005
Intimidation and Murders Continue - September 13, 2005
Gang Violence Escalates - September 20, 2005
Journalist Threatened - September 29, 2005Human 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[Back to News Archive]
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