Guatemala

Guatemala: Amnesty gives mixed review to Colom’s first year in office - 12 January 2009

President Colom’s first year in office has produced some promising commitments to improve human rights for Guatemalans, but for those commitments to have real me

Growing calls for end to executions at UN - 18 December 2008

Over one hundred countries voted overwhelmingly in favour of a second resolution on "Moratorium on the use of the death penalty" at the United Nations on T

Still no justice for Guatemala massacre victims after 26 years - 5 December 2008

Those who executed and planned the massacre of 250 people in Dos Erres have never been convicted. The case has been paralysed by constant appeals, and shows no signs o

Guatemala disappearance trial begins - 18 March 2008

Guatemala's first ever trial for enforced disappearances began last week.

Guatemala: Opening military archives is only a first step - 26 February 2008

Amnesty International welcomed Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom's statement that military archives will be opened but called on all those responsible for human rights

Guatemala: Death penalty won’t solve public security crisis - 13 February 2008

In an open letter sent today, Amnesty International urged Guatemalan president Álvaro Colom not to reinstate the death penalty and instead to look for more effe

War crimes go unpunished in Guatemala - 31 January 2008

Over a decade after the end of Guatemala's armed conflict, many of those responsible for its most brutal crimes continue to evade criminal prosecution.

Video: Death penalty stories (animated slideshow) - 31 October 2007

Stories of the death penalty around the world - an animated slideshow narrated by Colin Firth