Trial halted for former Guatemala leader accused of genocide
The genocide trial for former Guatemala president Efrain Rios Montt came to a halt Thursday, potentially discarding nearly a year-and-a-half of court proceedings. According to Judge Patricia Flores, all actions taken on Rios Montt's case since...
UN rights chief lauds Guatemala for beginning trial of former president
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay lauded Guatemala on Monday for beginning the trial of former president Efrain Rios Montt and former intelligence chief Jose Rodriguez Sanchez, both of whom...
A Guatemalan judge on Monday ordered former dictator Efrain Rios Montt to stand trial on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity stemming from the killing of more than 1,700 villagers of Mayan ancestry. Judge Miguel...
AI: human rights defenders subject to increasing hostility in the Americas
Those who are engaged in human rights defense in the Americas are subject to increasing levels of "intimidation, harassment and attacks," Amnesty International (AI) reported Friday. The report, entitled "Transforming pain into hope: Human rights...
Guatemala court sentences former police chief to 70 years for war crimes
A Guatemalan court on Wednesday sentenced a former police chief to 70 years for the kidnapping of a college student during the country's 36-year Civil War . Pedro Garcia was convicted of carrying out the kidnapping of engineering...
Guatemala judge orders second genocide trial for former dictator
A Guatemalan judge ruled Monday that former dictator Efrain Rios Montt will have a second genocide trial for ordering a 1982 massacre which killed 201 people. Judge Carol Patricia Flores found enough evidence linking Rios Montt to...
Guatemala must still seek to solve human rights issues: UN rights chief
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay stated on Thursday that Guatemalan government authorities remain willing to solve human rights issues in the country but nonetheless have failed to comply with the 1996 Peace...
Former Guatemala soldier sentenced to 6,060 years in prison for role in 1982 massacre
A three-judge panel in Guatemala on Monday sentenced a former military official to 6,060 years in prison for his role in a 1982 massacre in which 201 people were killed. The judges sentenced Pedro Pimentel Rios, a former special...
Guatemalan Judge Miguel Angel Galvez denied former dictator Efrain Rois Montt's amnesty claim Thursday. Rios Montt is being charged for crimes committed throughout the country's 36-year civil war , which officially ended in 1996. The case involves at...
