March 2012
Paramilitaries Sentenced to Thousands of Years for Plan de Sánchez Massacre
The information below was translated from a press statement by CALDH (in Spanish below) Read Amnesty International's statementOn March 20, the First Tribunal for High Risk Cases in Guatemala sentenced 5 members of the Guatemalan [...]
Historica condena por masacre de Plan de Sánchez
Comunicado de CALDH - www.caldh.orgEl Centro para la Acción Legal en Derechos Humanos, CALDH, manifiesta su complacencia ante la reciente condena de un comisionado militar y cuatro ex patrulleros militares responsables de la masacre de [...]
Alta Comisionada recibida por miles en Totonicapán
Alcaldes comunitarios alzan las varas que simbolizan su autoridad.Graham HuntEl 13 de marzo, 2012, reunidos en el estadio Atanasio Tzul, en la ciudad de Totonicapán, miles de representantes de pueblos indígenas de toda Guatemala dieron [...]
High Commissioner received by thousands in Totonicapán
Community mayor raise their varas, staffs symbolic of their authority.Graham HuntOn March 13, 2012, gathered in the Atanasio Tzul stadium in the city of Totonicapán, thousands of representatives of Indigenous Peoples from across Guatemala welcomed [...]
Preliminary Hearing in Case against José Efraín Ríos Montt
Versión en español On Thursday, January 26, 2012, in a preliminary hearing, General José Efraín Ríos Montt was linked to the ongoing legal process for genocide and crimes against humanity by the first justice [...]
“Eternal life to our loved ones” – Interviews with the AJR after Rios Montt Hearing
Versión en español An initial court hearing for former General Efraín Ríos Montt, accused of genocide, took place after ten years of work by the Association for Justice and Reconciliation (AJR). The day after the [...]