An effective Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) should be one that helps to protect lives, livelihoods and rights. The treaty should protect the ability of states to lawfully ...
Guatemalan human rights defender Norma Cruz runs a women's rights organization: she and her colleagues have received death threats because of their work for a girl ...
Two indigenous rural communities have been forcibly evicted from their homes in Panzós municipality, Guatemala. Their homes were burnt down by the police and many ...
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 ...
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 ...
Ten years ago, Guatemala's Historical Classification Commission delivered its landmark report on human rights violations committed during the 36-year internal armed ...
A girl who is a relative of Manuel Calel Morales, coordinator of a non-governmental organization that campaigns against impunity, has survived a sexual assault ...