The case of a Indigenous Guatemalan community radio host criminalized for his work is garnering international attention from a coalition of organizations working on freedom of expression, human rights, and Indigenous Peoples' rights. In September of 2015, Oscar Mejía (Maya K’iche) was detained during a raid at community radio station in Chichicastenango, Quiché, Guatemala. Radio Swan Tinamit, property of the community, promotes the u
ORGANIZACIONES INTERNACIONALES, PRESENTAN AMICUS CURIAE, POR LA VIOLACIÓN DEL DEBIDO PROCESO, EN EL EJERCICIO DE LA LIBERTAD DE EXPRESIÓN DEL COMUNICADOR INDÍGENA OSCAR MEJIA
Photo: CODECA members march to Guatemala City from their communities to march on June 12, 2018. By @GtCodeca on Twitter.
In the past weeks, three human rights defenders from the Campesino Development Committee have been killed, totaling seven fatal attacks on human rights defenders in Guatemala over the past four weeks.
Claudia Patricia Gómez González fue asesinada a tiros por la patrulla fronteriza después de cruzar la frontera en Laredo, Texas, el 23 de mayo de 2018. El agente de la patrulla fronteriza que disparó e hirió fatalmente a Gómez González permanece en licencia administrativa.
Claudia Patricia Gomez Gonzalez was shot and killed by border patrol after crossing the border in Laredo, Texas on May 23, 2018. The border patrol agent who fired the shot fatally wounding Gomez Gonzalez remains on administrative leave.
Por Cesar Gomez
422 masacres, registró el Informe de la Recuperación de la Memoria Histórica (1988) durante el conflicto armado en Guatemala (1960-1996).
El documento mencionado registró 263 masacres en el departamento del Quiché, 63 en Alta Verapaz, 42 en Huehuetenango, 16 en Baja Verapaz, 17 San Marcos y 10 en Petén.
Por Diana Pastor, editora de la Revista Entremundos.
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