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Former Guatemala dictator to stand trial for genocide
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 Angel Galvez announced (More)
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 d (More)
Courageous Jurist Under Fire in Guatemala
JURIST Guest Columnist Lauren Carasik of Western New England University School of Law says that, as chief justice of the Criminal Chamber of Guatemala's Supreme Court, Cesar Barrientos has played a critical role in rebuilding the nation's democratic (More)
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 student Edgar Saen (More)
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 Las Dos Erres mas (More)
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 Accords which ended t (More)
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 forces solider whom (More)
Former Guatemala dictator denied amnesty
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 a (More)
Rios Montt Prosecution is Important to Victims and Judiciary
JURIST Guest Columnist Kelsey Alford-Jones, Director of Guatemala Human Rights Commission, argues that it is important for the Public Prosecutor's Office and president to follow through with the genocide charges against Rios Montt to strengthen Guate (More)
Guatemala court orders ex-dictator to stand trial
Guatemalan Judge Carol Flores ruled Thursday that ex-dictator Rios Montt must stand trial for charges of genocide and crimes against humanity. The judge heard the prosecutor's initial statements Wednesday and decided Thursday that the evidence was s (More)
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