Featured Action
May 6, 2013
Close Guantanamo Now
It's been 10 years since detainees first arrived at Guantanamo. Since then, we’ve seen shocking human rights abuses there and around the world.
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May 19, 2013
19 year-old Claudina Velásquez was killed in 2005. She had been shot and there were traces of semen on her body. Violence against Guatemalan women and girls is on the rise, yet impunity is the no...
May 19, 2013
Join us in calling on the Attorney General of Guatemala to investigate the death threats against human rights defender Norma Cruz, and to ensure that those responsible are brought to justice.
March 19, 2013
Four Xinca indigenous leaders were kidnapped after participating in a public meeting. One was killed; the other three
survived the attack.
March 12, 2013
Human rights defender and trade unionist Carlos Hernández was shot dead on 8 March in Chiquimula department, eastern Guatemala.
