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Guatemala: Killings must not go unpunished
13 October 2009

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. Public Statement. 13 October 2009. AI Index: AMR 34/013/2009. Guatemala: Killings must not go unpunished. Amnesty ...

Document       AMR 34/013/2009

Stopping the Terror Trade: How human rights rules in an arms trade ...
5 October 2009

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 ...

Report       ACT 30/006/2009

Guatemala: Woman threatened for defending rape victim: Norma Cruz ...
25 September 2009

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 ...

Urgent Action       AMR 34/012/2009

Guatemala: Fear for safety of evicted communities
25 September 2009

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 ...

Urgent Action       AMR 34/011/2009

Americas: Solutions to the historic violation of Indigenous rights ...
7 August 2009

Indigenous peoples of THE americaS. From the northern most reaches of the Arctic to the southern tip of Tierra del Fuego, Indigenous ...

Report       AMR 01/004/2009

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: 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

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.

Story      

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

Guatemala: Fear for safety
24 February 2009

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 ...

Urgent Action       AMR 34/006/2009