Statement: Tailor-made Judgements: A Constitutional Court that Pretends to Grant de facto Amnesty
International and national organizations warned about a new attempt by the Constitutional Court (CC) to maintain impunity for the crimes committed in the Molina Theissen Case. The CC’s decision orders that a new resolution be issued, which may favor house arrest for the former military officials, Francisco Luis Gordillo Martínez, Manuel Antonio Callejas y Callejas, Hugo Ramiro Zaldaña Rojas, [...]
World Water Day: STATEMENT OF THE INTERCULTURAL SOCIAL MOVEMENT OF THE PEOPLE OF IXCÁN
Río Negro, Ixcan. Photo by NISGUA STATEMENT OF THE INTERCULTURAL SOCIAL MOVEMENT OF THE PEOPLE OF IXCÁN BEFORE PUBLIC OPINION Today, March 22, World Water Day, we express our great concerns about the national and municipal situation. The situation in the country is complicated for the Guatemalan population, because every day we see injustices committed against communities, violations [...]
FAMDEGUA Bulletin 24-March 7th, 2023.
Military Diary Case Ex-military personnel Alix Leonel Barillas Soto and Enrique Cifuentes de la Cruz have requested a trial to review their enforcement measures. At this meeting, the lawyer representing the victims in the case analyzed the petition and argued that the crimes for which the accused are charged are of international concern and to the detriment of [...]
Statement regarding persecution and revenge
The arrest of lawyer Orlando López demonstrates, once again, the influence that structures in favor of impunity has in the Public Ministry and the justice system, which orchestrates persecution against justice operators, judges, and prosecutors who adhered to the law, fulfilled their role, especially in cases of serious human rights violations and corruption cases. During his work at the [...]
Actualización solidaria con la lucha por la justicia en Guatemala
En los últimos cuatro años, la lucha por la justicia en Guatemala ha sufrido una serie de alarmantes reveses que nos llaman a mantener y sostener nuestra solidaridad con aquellos a quienes hemos apoyado durante más de cuatro décadas. Durante la presidencia de Giammattei, quien en coordinación con el Pacto de los Corruptos y sus poderosos aliados económicos, han [...]
Solidarity Update with the struggle for justice in Guatemala
Over the past four years, the struggle for justice in Guatemala has endured a series of alarming setbacks that call us to maintain and sustain our solidarity with those we have stood beside for over four decades. During Giammattei’s presidency, the Pact of the Corrupt and their powerful economic allies have achieved the co-optation of the judicial and legislative [...]