Apertura al Debate Oral y Público: Tácticas de Demora Utilizadas en el Juicio por Genocidio Ixil por parte del equipo legal de Benedicto Lucas García.
Este 25 de marzo de 2024 se llevó a cabo la primera audiencia del Debate Oral y Público en contra del exGeneral Benedicto Lucas García, por los delitos de genocidio, violencia sexual y crimenes de lesa humanidad, durante la dictadura de su hermano Romeo Lucas García (1978- 1982). Autoridades de la Alcaldía Indigena Ancestral del pueblo Ixil de Nebaj [...]
Opening to the Oral and Public Debate: Delay Tactics Used in the Ixil Genocide Trial by Benedicto Lucas García’s legal team.
On March 25, 2024, the first hearing of the Oral and Public Debate was held against former General Benedicto Lucas García, for the crimes of genocide, sexual violence and crimes against humanity, committed during the dictatorship of his brother Romeo Lucas García (1978-1982). Ancestral Indigenous Authorities of the Ixil people of Nebaj and Chajul, representatives of the National Platform [...]
Statement: Ixil Genocide Case Seeks Non-Repetition of cruel events
[ESPAÑOL ABAJO] The Association for Justice and Reconciliation –AJR- And the Office of Human Rights of the Archbishop of Guatemala -ODHAG-. To the national and international public opinion: After 23 years since the first complaint was filed in 2001, on March 25 and 26, 2024, the Criminal Sentencing, Drug Activity and Environmental Crimes Court for High Risk Processes, Group [...]
Accompanier Perspectives: Then and now -US and Israeli backed genocide
Right now the most well documented genocide in recorded history is being committed by Israel–with the full throated military and political complicity of the United States–against the Palestinian people in Gaza. On Friday, March 8th (International Women’s Day) the biggest public display of solidarity with Palestine I’ve witnessed here in Guatemala took place. It took place in the framework [...]