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Tag Archives: human rights
For those who have not lived to see justice
Today more than ever I dedicate this poem to those who have not lived to see justice. For full updates on the Guatemala genocide trial and to support survivors and human rights defenders, connect with the Network in Solidarity with the … Continue reading
Posted in Life, News and Analysis
Tagged #GenocideGT, #SiHuboGenocidio, central america, exhumation, genocide, Guatemala, human rights, impunity, indigenous resistance, Ixil, Latin America, Maya, NISGUA, poetry, Ríos Montt, solidarity
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The brutal legacy of the “Salvador Option” in Iraq
Today The Guardian has released an hour-long documentary and article investigating the role of U.S. counterinsurgency advisers and top military and government officials in training and supervising the Special Police Commandos and paramilitary units responsible for acts of torture and … Continue reading
Posted in News and Analysis
Tagged Afghanistan, Bradley Manning, central america, counterinsurgency, El Mozote, El Salvador, genocide, human rights, human rights violation, Inter-American Court of Human Rights, international humanitarian law, Iraq, Middle East, police commandos, politics, research, Salvador Option, The Guardian, torture, whistle blowers, WikiLeaks
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Update on Guatemalan Genocide Trial
Originally posted on UNREDACTED:
Rios Montt on trial. Credit: Jorge Dan Lopez/Reuters Guatemala City, February 4, 2013—Judge Miguel Ángel Gálvez ended a four-hour hearing today in the genocide trial of former Guatemalan dictator Efraín Ríos Montt by accepting all of…
Posted in News and Analysis
Tagged genocide, Guatemala, human rights, Ixil, Latin America, Maya, National Security Archive, Plan Sofia, Ríos Montt, Rodriguez Sanchez, UNREDACTED
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Guatemalan Genocide on Trial
Originally posted on UNREDACTED:
Breaking News. Guatemala achieved a breakthrough for justice today with the opening of the landmark criminal trial of Efraín Ríos Montt, former military dictator, for genocide and crimes against humanity. Ríos Montt, along with his chief…
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Tagged genocide, Guatemala, human rights, Ixil, Latin America, Maya, National Security Archive, Plan Sofia, Ríos Montt, Rodriguez Sanchez, UNREDACTED
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GuateSec: Impunity, or justice for crimes of the past?
Update: As of January 15, the Guatemalan government has reportedly repealed Executive Order 370-2012, following talks with human rights institutions. The Defense Ministry in turn ordered the classification of information relating to Military structure and equipment during the Ríos Montt regime in … Continue reading
Posted in GuateSec, News and Analysis
Tagged Brazil, central america, dam resistance, genocide, Gerardi, Guatemala, GuateSec, human rights, human rights violation, IACHR, impunity, indigenous rights, Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Ixil, justice, Latin America, Maya, megaprojects, OAS, Otto Pérez Molina, q'eqchi', Ríos Montt, Sepur Zarco, Venezuela, women's rights
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Via BarillasResiste, Guatemala Indymedia Center offers running updates from the violent eviction of peaceful mining resistance at La Puya, San José del Golfo, Guatemala. At least five people have been arrested, and community leader Yolanda Oquelí reports that representatives of … Continue reading
GuateSec: Operation Hammer lifted, rumblings from Totonicapán and Tajamulco
Operation Hammer leaves Guatemala According to Guatemalan’s Prensa Libre and the U.S. military, the 200-strong Marine detachment associated with Operation Hammer has finished its counter-narcotics mission and left the country. Military press releases describe U.S. participation in “more than 250” airborne … Continue reading
Posted in GuateSec, News and Analysis
Tagged Actis, CARSI, central america, DEOCSA, Energuate, Guatemala, guatemalan military, guatemalan security forces, GuateSec, Honduras, human rights, Latin America, López Bonilla, militarization, National Civil Police, Operation Anvil, Operation Hammer, Otto Pérez Molina, San Marcos, security, senator patrick leahy, Tajamulco, Totonicapan, Union Fenosa, War on Drugs
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The Commission of Truth releases its report, “The Voice of Greatest Authority is that of the Victims”
Originally posted on Honduras Accompaniment Project:
From October 3-5, 2012, the Commission of Truth presented its report, “The Voice of Greatest Authority is that of the Victims,” about human rights violations in Honduras during and following the June 28, 2009…
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Tagged central america, Commission of Truth, coup, golpe de estado, Honduras, human rights, justice, Latin America
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