Guatemala

Human Rights in REPUBLIC OF GUATEMALA

Guatemala: Fear for Safety
11 December 2007

Felipe Álvarez, a member of a community development organization based in the community of Microparcelamiento El Naranjo, was killed on 8 December 2007. In the ...

Urgent Action       AMR 34/025/2007

Execution by lethal injection: A quarter century of state ...
4 October 2007

Amnesty International opposes the death penalty without reservation as a violation of the right to life. Amnesty International argues that every execution is a ...

Report       ACT 50/007/2007

Guatemala: Presidential candidates must resolve legacy of conflict
29 August 2007

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PRESS RELEASE. AI Index: AMR 34/021/2007 (Public). News Service No: 164. 29 August 2007. Embargo Date: 29 August 200700:01GMT. ...

Press Release       AMR 34/021/2007

Guatemala: Open Letter from Amnesty International to Guatemalan ...
29 August 2007

In this open letter to presidential candidates Amnesty International raises issues of concern for the human rights situation in Guatemala. Organizations, including ...

Report       AMR 34/020/2007

Central America: Persecution and resistance: The experience of ...
8 August 2007

This report focuses primarily on the risks faced by human rights defenders in Honduras and Guatemala. The pattern of human rights abuses against human rights activists ...

Report       AMR 02/001/2007

Overcoming the obstacles: Human rights activists in Guatemala and ...
8 August 2007

Reports of killings, death threats, harassment and intimidation of human rights activists continue to be commonplace in Honduras and Guatemala. Despite suffering ...

ActionDocument       AMR 02/003/2007

Guatemala/Honduras: Economic, social and cultural rights activists ...
8 August 2007

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PRESS RELEASE. AI Index: AMR 01/002/2007 (Public). News Service No: 139. 8 August 2007. Embargo Date: 8 August 200717:30GMT. ...

Press Release       AMR 01/002/2007

The Wire, August 2007. Vol. 37, No. 7
1 August 2007

1) Iraqis flee to Syria to escape violence 2) Displaced people denied rights in Azerbaijan 3) Whereabouts unknown - thousands still missing worldwide 30 August ...

Newsletter       NWS 21/007/2007

Guatemala: Congress must ratify UN-backed commission against ...
2 July 2007

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PRESS RELEASE. AI Index: AMR 34/019/2007 (Public). News Service No: 121. 2 July 2007. Embargo Date: 2 July 200706:00GMT. ...

Press Release       AMR 34/019/2007

UA in Focus - July 2007: Jorge Vel squez: "I am not going to ...
1 July 2007

Accountant Jorge Vel squez last spoke to his 19-year-old daughter Claudina on the evening of 12 August 2005. The next day, her body was found. She had been murdered ...

Report       ACT 60/014/2007