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> 2011 was the most violent year for human rights defenders in Guatemala since the end of the civil war. NISGUA's teams of on-the-ground international human rights monitors work to deter violence in communities, courtrooms and at public events. > Former dictator Efrain Rios Montt, who ruled during the bloodiest period of the war, is awaiting trial for genocide and crimes against humanity. > The Xalalá hydro-electric dam is rejected by 89% of the local population because it would displace thousands of indigenous people and damage farmlands and forests. > Almost 400 mining concessions have been granted to transnational gold, silver, nickel, and zinc companies in Guatemala, posing severe threats to rural communities' social and environmental well-being. | |
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Precedent-Setting Human Rights Cases
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Genocide Cases
Former
Guatemalan dictators Efraín Ríos Montt and Romeo Lucas García
are responsible for genocide. In 1981 and 1982 they destroyed hundreds of indigenous
villages. . .
Read more. . .
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Gerardi Case
Bishop
Juan Gerardi Conedara's body was found next to his car in a pool of blood. Two
days prior, he had completed a report on the violence, murders, tortures and disappearances
that plagued the country during its 36-year civil war.
Read more. . .
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Myrna Mack Case
On
September 11, 1990, Myrna Mack was brutally murdered in retaliation for her damning
research on the Guatemalan military’s counterinsurgency strategy.
Read more. . .
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Xamán Case
On
October 5, 1995, the returned refugee community Aurora 8 de Octubre, Xamán
estate, municipality of Chisec, was preparing to celebrate the first anniversary
of their return from exile when an army patrol entered the community.
Read more. . .
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Dos Erres Case
On December 6, 1982, elite members of the Guatemalan military entered the community
of Dos Erres, La Libertad. They
gathered the villagers together, then separated the men from the women and children.
Soldiers extra-judicially executed entire
families.
Read more. . .
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Plan de Sánchez Case
On July 18, 1982, members of the armed forces massacred 268 residents of Plan
de Sánchez, Baja Verpaz. At the time of the massacre, Plan de Sánchez
was made up almost entirely of Maya-Achi.
Read more. . .
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Other Cases
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