Guatemala

Human Rights in REPUBLIC OF GUATEMALA

Guatemala: Fear for safety
13 March 2008

A member of a trade union has been killed in the village of El Semillero in the department of Escuintla, some 150 kilometres from Guatemala City. Several of his ...

Urgent Action       AMR 34/007/2008

Guatemala: Fear for safety: Guillermo Chen
7 March 2008

Guillermo Chen’s house was shot at six times on the evening of 5 March 2008. He is director of the non-governmental organization Fundación Nueva Esperanza, Río ...

Urgent Action       AMR 34/006/2008

Guatemala: Death Penalty: Proposed resumption of executions
27 February 2008

On 12 February 2008 the Congress of Guatemala approved Decree 06-2008, known as the “Law regulating the commuting of sentence for those condemned to death”, which ...

Urgent Action       AMR 34/004/2008

Guatemala: Opening military archives is only a first step ...
26 February 2008

Amnesty International welcomed Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom's statement that military archives will be opened but called on all those responsible for human ...

Press Release      

Guatemala: Death penalty won’t solve public security crisis ...
13 February 2008

In an open letter sent today, Amnesty International urged Guatemalan president Álvaro Colom not to reinstate the death penalty and instead to look for more effe

Press Release      

Guatemala: Open letter to newly elected President of the Republic ...
13 February 2008

In this letter Amnesty International highlights some of the concerns regarding human rights that were voiced to the candidates during the recent electoral campaign ...

Document       AMR 34/003/2008

Guatemala: Further information on: Fear for safety / death threats
7 February 2008

Fredy Peccerelli, head of the Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Foundation (Fundación de Antropología Forense Guatemala - FAFG), his brother Gianni Peccerelli, his ...

Urgent Action       AMR 34/002/2008

War crimes go unpunished in Guatemala | Amnesty International
31 January 2008

Over a decade after the end of Guatemala's armed conflict, many ofthose responsible for its most brutal crimes continue to evade criminalprosecution.

Story      

Guatemala: Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review: Second ...
25 January 2008

In this submission, Amnesty International provides information under sections B, C and D. This includes concerns over shortcomings in Guatemalan legislation relating ...

Report       AMR 34/001/2008

Guatemala: Inconsistent ruling by the Constitutional Court rejects ...
21 December 2007

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. 21 December 2007. AMR 34/026/2007. Guatemala: Inconsistent ruling by the Constitutional Court ...

Document       AMR 34/026/2007