Journalist and activist Bartolo Fuentes detained and deported to Honduras Published at 05.11.2018 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained refugees and migrants protest Read more
17 journalists killed between 2015 and 2018 Published at 22.11.2018 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment restrictive law land rights protest intimidation Read more
Three women HRDs sentenced to two and a half years in prison Published at 26.11.2018 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups negative court ruling Read more
Freedom of expression and human rights defenders remain vulnerable in Guatemala Published at 07.06.2019 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: political interference attack on journalist negative court ruling Read more
Abelino Chub Caal released amid increasing attacks against HRDs Published at 07.05.2019 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD acquitted LGBTI women attack on HRD HRD prosecuted release of HRDs harassment HRD killing land rights Read more
Land rights defender Delfino Agustin Vidal murdered Published at 03.04.2019 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist women restrictive law HRD killing intimidation protest land rights Read more
Human rights defenders' work continues to be delegitimised in Guatemala Published at 15.08.2019 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption violent protest protest Read more
Two environmental defenders killed in one week in Guatemala Published at 16.10.2019 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption HRD killing violent protest protestor(s) detained excessive force Read more
Guatemala: dos defensoras del medioambiente asesinadas en una semana Published at 25.10.2019 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained protest disruption HRD killing violent protest excessive force Read more
Journalists continue to work in a hostile environment in Guatemala Published at 26.08.2016 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment indigenous groups attack on HRD killing of journalist release of HRDs HRD killing women Read more
Land rights activist killed Published at 29.06.2016 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of journalist HRD detained HRD killing protest Read more
Land rights activists at risk of criminalisation in Guatemala Published at 25.10.2016 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of journalist harassment attack on journalist excessive force women protest disruption attack on HRD protest HRD detained access to info. law release of HRDs Read more
Human rights defenders continue to be killed in Guatemala Published at 20.12.2016 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD killing killing of journalist attack on journalist indigenous groups attack on HRD Read more
Two journalists killed, as civic space attacked by state, non-state actors Published at 13.02.2017 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist HRD killing protest killing of journalist killing of protestors non state actors Read more
Growing concern over cases of criminalisation of HRDs and their activities Published at 10.04.2017 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment censorship women HRD detained release of HRDs Read more
HRDs at risk protecting environmental, indigenous and women's rights Published at 15.06.2017 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained HRD acquitted excessive force environmental rights sexual assault positive court ruling women indigenous groups intimidation harassment killing of protestors land rights Read more
Harassment and intimidation of rights defenders and journalists on the rise in Guatemala Published at 09.08.2017 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: women indigenous groups attack on HRD intimidation harassment excessive force labour rights killing of protestors protestor(s) detained HRD threatened land rights Read more
People take a stand against corruption, protesting criminal code reform Published at 11.10.2017 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: negative court ruling violent protest labour rights positive court ruling protest disruption attack on journalist excessive force censorship protestor(s) detained political interference HRD prosecuted land rights Read more
Authorities target land and indigenous rights activism Published at 19.12.2017 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: women indigenous groups attack on HRD HRD detained attack on journalist excessive force protest extractive industries restrictive law private sector journalist detained environmental rights Read more
Indigenous rights community attacked and defenders harassed Published at 29.01.2018 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: women indigenous groups release of HRDs travel ban HRD detained public vilification killing of protestors land rights private sector non state actors Read more
Civil society reports staggering number of attacks against activists in 2017, with 53 HRDs killed Published at 29.03.2018 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of journalist women political interference restrictive law intimidation harassment censorship Read more
