Author: Vicki Gass, LAWG On January 15, 2024,1 president-elect Bernardo Arévalo of the Semilla Party was inaugurated after five tense months since he was elected on August 20, 2023. Guatemalans from all sectors (led by the Indigenous communities), international non-governmental organizations like LAWG, and foreign governments mobilized to prevent corrupt public and private actors from overturning the … Read More
Along with the United States, Israel provided weapons and training to Guatemala’s military and their campaign against Indigenous Maya civilians from 1974-1996. Mary Jo McConahay Observers from the Ixil Triangle sit in the front row at the trial of Guatemalan General Benedicto Lucas Garcia at the Tribunals Tower in Guatemala City. BY MARY JO MCCONAHAY MAY … Read More
By Gerry Condon, May 7, 2024, My partner Helen Jaccard and I are in Guatemala listening to testimony of the victims of a horrifying genocide that took place during the 36-year war against Mayan communities, union activists, revolutionaries, teachers, healthcare workers, co-ops, and anyone or anything that might be considered “communal,” or “communist.” This genocidal war began after the CIA … Read More
Adil Meléndez Márquez received call from bodyguards 20 minutes after Sir Henry Brooke award from Alliance for Lawyers at Risk Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent Thu 15 Feb 2024 05.30 EST “I’m very afraid,” says Colombian lawyer Adil Meléndez Márquez, the day after being presented with an award in London honouring human rights defenders. Adil … Read More
