Statement: General Elections 2023
The Association for Justice and Reconciliation (AJR) rejects and question the candidacy for the presidential elections of Zury Mayté Ríos Sosa, daughter of the deceased ex-dictator José Efraín Ríos Montt. THE ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE AND RECONCILIATION - AJR- COMMUNICATES TO THE PUBLIC OPINION Zury Ríos Sosa's participation as a presidential candidate offends the conscience, dignity and memory of the [...]
Statement: De Facto Amnesty
On June 9, Guatemala’s justice system granted substitute measures and house arrest to former high-rank military officials Benedicto Lucas García, Manuel Callejas y Callejas, and Francisco Luis Gordillo Martínez, who were sentenced in 2018 for their participation in the illegal detention, torture, and sexual assault of Emma Guadalupe Molina Theissen and the forced disappearance of her 14-year-old brother, Marco [...]
Un compromiso por el cuidado de nuestra Casa Común
Celebración del 8vo aniversario de la consulta municipal en San Juan Tecuaco San Juan Tecuaco, 21 de mayo de 2023 - En un emotivo encuentro, la Comisión Multisectorial de Defensa de la Naturaleza (COMUDENA) de San Juan Tecuaco conmemoró el 8vo aniversario de la histórica consulta municipal que tuvo lugar el 17 de mayo de 2015. En aquella [...]
United States co-responsible in the Military Diary case
On May 20, 1999, the Military Diary of Guatemala was published for the first time. Twenty-four years after the publication of the document: The Military Diary, families of the victims registered in it continue to demand justice. We join the thousands of voices that continue to ask #WhereAreThey? #ThinkDifferentIsNotACrime. The Military Diary is a document that made possible, on [...]
Estados Unidos corresponsable en el caso Diario Militar
El 20 de mayo de 1999, fue publicado por primera vez el Diario Militar de Guatemala. A 24 años de la publicación del documento Diario Militar familiares de víctimas que se registran ahí siguen exigiendo justicia. Nos sumamos a las miles de voces que siguen preguntando #EnDóndeEstán? #PensarDistintoNoEsDelito. El Diario Militar es un documento que permitido, por un lado, [...]
“The Ixil people do have memory. Never Again Rivers of Blood”
On May 10, 2023, the Caravan of Memory and Justice was held to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the historic genocide sentence of May 10, 2013, on which former dictator Efrain Rios Montt became the first head of state in the world to be sentenced in national courts for genocide and crimes against humanity committed by the armed [...]