Human Rights
Wednesday, March 14, 2012 - 00:00
La matanza de los 256 indigenas de la etnia maya Achi fue cometida el 18 de julio de 1982 en la comunidad de Plan de Sanchez, en el municipio de Rabinal, en el departamento de Baja Verapaz.
Wednesday, March 14, 2012 - 00:00
La Camara Nacional de Casacion Penal revoco el beneficio de prision domiciliaria de Hugo Pascarelli, el represor condenado a prision perpetua por los crimenes de lesa humanidad cometidos en el centro clandestino de detencion El Vesubio.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012 - 00:00
The sentence is largely symbolic as the maximum actual term is 50 years but it comes amid renewed moves to try those implicated in civil war atrocities.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012 - 00:00
"La tasa de homicidios es muy alta desde cualquier punto de vista. Hay una tendencia descendente desde 2003, pero todavia no nos deja tranquilos porque en ningun ano baja de los 30 homicidios".
Tuesday, March 13, 2012 - 00:00
Pedro Pimentel Rios was the fifth former special forces soldier sentenced to 6,060 years or more for what became known as the "Dos Erres" massacre.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012 - 00:00
At least 200,000 people were killed during the war, with the indigenous Maya population bearing the brunt of atrocities.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012 - 00:00
El juez primero B de Mayor Riesgo, Miguel Álvarez, nego al militar Hector Lopez Fuentes la peticion de archivar el proceso que afronta por genocidio.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012 - 00:00
La Asociacion Ecuatoriana de Editores de Periodicos (Aedep) exigio el domingo al gobierno acabar con lo que denomino "campana" contra los medios privados.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012 - 00:00
Comparing his campaign against the news media to Abraham Lincoln's shutdown of newspapers sympathetic to the South during the Civil War, he said that he had set his sights squarely on the wealthy.
Monday, March 12, 2012 - 00:00
Prosecutors told the Estado de Sao Paulo newspaper that cases involving kidnappings and hiding of bodies may fall outside the amnesty law that released civilians and military from liability for political crimes.