Demand Review of Charges against Guatemalan LGBT Activist (01/20/09)
Who Ordered the Shooting of a Guatemalan Environmental Leader? (09/12/08)
Protect Mayan Lawyer Following Attempt on His Life (08/12/08)
International Commission against Impunity (CICIG)
Seeking Justice for Past Crimes
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NGOs Call for Investigation of Attacks against Defenders (Español ) (01/23/09)
Petition to Guatemalan Attorney General re Accusation against HRD of Attempted Murder (English ) (Español ) (01/22/09)
NGOs Condemn Brutal Attack on Defender's Home (Español ) (11/07/08)
Petition to Guatemalan Attorney General re Attempted Assassination of Yuri Melini (English ) (Español ) (09/17/08)
NGO Coalition Highlights Attacks against Defenders to New Guatemalan Attorney General (English ) (Español ) (09/04/08)
Petition to Attorney General re attack on Mayan lawyer (English ) (Español )
(08/20/08)
Letter re persecution against Guatemalan Lawyers Association (Español ))(8/4/08)
Andrew Hudson's Op-Ed on Guatemala's new Attorney General (Español ) (English ) (7/31/08)
Intimidation and killings of Guatemalan judges and prosecutors (Español ) (7/21/08)
Petition to Attorney General regarding threats against the FAFG and other defenders (English ) (Español ) (05/29/08)
Read HRF Op Ed on New UN Commission (Español ) (English ) - PDF 40KB
Petition to Attorney-General on anniversary of Bishop Gerardi's Murder (English ) (Español ) (05/15/08)
Press Release: President Bush Should Address Human Rights in Meeting with Guatemalan President (English ) (Español ) (04/25/08)
Letter to Attorney General regarding recent attacks on Guatemalan HRDs (Español ) (04/08/08)
Petition to Minister of the Interior regarding attacks against HRD Guillermo Chen (English ) (Español ) (03/14/08)
Joint NGO letter to Guatemalan government re attacks against HRDs (English ) (Español ) (2/28/08)
Guatemala’s New President Must Confront Human Rights Challenges Immediately (1/24/08)
Letter to incoming President Alvaro Colom detailing human rights priorities (Spanish ) (English ) (1/24/08)
HRF and Front Line Submit Report to Human Rights Council on Guatemala (1/23/08)
Petition to Guatemalan Attorney General re Murder of Felipe Alvarez (12/20/07) (English ) (Spanish )
Guatemalan Court's Refusal to Extradite Those Accused of Genocide a Blow to Justice (12/18/07)
HRF's Andrew Hudson's speech to international forum on CICIG (12/5/07)
Letter to CICIG Commissioner re priorities for CICIG (10/21/07)
Guatemalan Congress Approves Innovative International Commission to Combat Impunity (08/02/07)
HRF urges Guatemalan Congress to Ratify CICIG (07/23/07) (En Español)
Letter to Guatemalan Attorney General re death of women human rights defender (06/14/07)
En Espanol
Letter to Attorney-General re recent attacks against HRDs (06/05/07)
En Espanol
Guatemalan Constitutional Court Approves International Commission (05/10/07) (En Español)
President Bush Should Stand Up for Human Rights Defenders in Latin America (03/06/07)
Report to Inter-American Commission re Regional Problems for activists (03/01/07)
Letter to Guatemala government re recent attacks on defenders (Spanish) (02/12/07)
Letter to US Ambassador re recent attacks on activists (02/12/07)
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International Conference: CICIG Opportunities and Challenges Event Held in Guatemala City December 5, 2007
From December 3 to 7, 2007, Human Rights First's Andrew Hudson traveled to Guatemala City to participate in an international conference about the newly-formed International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) and to conduct advocacy around the launch of the commission. Other participants on the panel included Commissioner Carlos Castresana, a Spanish prosecutor tasked with heading the CICIG, and Dr. Manuel Garrido, a legal expert from Argentina.
View conference invitation (in Spanish)
Read Andrew Hudson's speech (in Spanish)
HRF re CICIG on TV News (Español) (12/05/07)
HRF re CICIG on Radio News (Español) (12/05/07)
Watch Andrew Hudson on Guatemala's TV News
Listen to Andrew Hudson on Guatemala's Radio News (in Spanish)