European Parliament (EP) mobilises for Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) in
Guatemala
• 2016 registered 233 human rights defenders assaults and 14 homicides, the majority of
those remained unpunished
• The EP reports threats and intimidation campaigns towards court officials
• The EP urges both Guatemalan authorities to comply with their human rights obligations
and the Congress to ratify the reform justice proposal

Read  the Press Release Resolution HRDs here Read the full Resolution HRDs here

 

Fuente Foto: María Giovanna Teijido y Wiebke Schraam, Mujeres indígenas guatemaltecas en resistencia: protagonistas en la defensa comunitaria de la Madre Tierra y sus bienes naturales, PBI Guatemala. Guatemala, mayo de 2010