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Lawmakers in Guatemala debate abolition of the death penalty

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL URGES GUATEMALAN CONGRESS TO RESIST ATTEMPTS TO ALLOW THE DEATH PENALTY

March 27, 2011

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Persecution and resistance: The experience of human rights defenders in Guatemala and Honduras

This report focuses on risks that human rights defenders face in Honduras and Guatemala, where the pattern of human rights…

March 26, 2011

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Guatemala: No protection, no justice: killings of women (an update)

Since 2001 over 2,200 women and girls have been murdered in Guatemala and the rate of murders is on the…

March 26, 2011

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Annual Report: Guatemala 2010

Head of state and government Álvaro Colom Caballeros Death penalty retentionist Population 14 million Life expectancy 70.1 years Under-5 mortality…

March 19, 2011