Guatemala: Fear for safety

The families of Roberto Cruz Romero Cortez (m); Arturo Mendez (m); Mercedes Clemencia Lopez Castro (f); armelina Lopez Cortez (m); Edwin Ranferi Lopez Castro (m); Julio Humberto Ramos Lopez (m); Natalia Lopez Lem (f); Felisa Lopez Lem (f); Gonzalo Ramoz Gomez (m); Rolando Ovidio Lopez Fuentes (m); Alma Roselia Juarez Alvarez (f); eleven former employees of Nueva Florencia Farm, a coffee plantation in the municipality Colomba Costa Cuca, have recently been intimidated in what appears to be an effort to dissuade them from defending their labour rights after a landmark ruling by a judge which awarded them and in compensation for unfair dismissal. Amnesty International is concerned for their safety.

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