Guatemala

Human Rights in REPUBLIC OF GUATEMALA

Guatemalan activists receive death threats by text message ...
7 May 2009

Nine activists working for two prominent human rights organizations inGuatemala have received dozens of death threats by SMS text messages.

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Guatemala: Fear for safety/Death threats
6 May 2009

Nine members of staff at two prominent Guatemalan human rights organizations based in Guatemala city have received over 40 SMS text messages containing death threats ...

Urgent Action       AMR 34/008/2009

Guatemala: Activists receive over 40 death threats by text message ...
6 May 2009

Amnesty International today warned that the lives of nine activistsworking for two prominent human rights organizations in Guatemala areat risk after they received ...

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Guatemala: Fear for safety/Death threats
21 April 2009

Trade unionist Edgar Neftaly Aldana Valencia was threatened with death and his house shot at on 1 April 2009. He is the Secretary General of the San Benito branch ...

Urgent Action       AMR 34/007/2009

Summit of the Americas fails to address human rights | Amnesty ...
20 April 2009

TheDeclaration of Commitment of Port of Spain fails to lay out a clear human rights framework forprogress in the areas of human prosperity, energy security and ...

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Amnesty International puts human rights on Americas Summit agenda ...
16 April 2009

An Amnesty International delegation has arrived in Trinidad and Tobago to take part in the Summit of the Americas.

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Guatemala: Threats and attacks against human rights defenders must ...
27 March 2009

Amnesty International today urged the Guatemalan authorities to immediately and thoroughly investigate attacks against those involved in opening the country’s police ...

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Threatened and attacked – the dangers of opening Guatemala's ...
27 March 2009

Officials involved in opening Guatemala's police archives and membersof their families have been threatened and attacked in recent days.

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Guatemala: Congress must approve law for National Search ...
25 February 2009

Amnesty International today urged the Guatemalan Congress to approve a law for a National Search Commission for the Disappeared as an essential step to implement ...

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Guatemala: Justice and Impunity: Guatemala's Historical ...
25 February 2009

Ten years ago, Guatemala's Historical Classification Commission delivered its landmark report on human rights violations committed during the 36-year internal armed ...

Document       AMR 34/001/2009