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Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday accused an El Salvador judge of using an investigation into a 1981 massacre to prosecute a local human rights activist over false accusations of supporting an amnesty law that barred prosecution of atrocities. The human rights activist, Rubén Zamora, has sought accountability for the 1981 El Mozote massacre and [...]

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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Monday opened the 42nd session of the Human Rights Council with an update on various human rights situations and the role of climate change. Bachelet stated that climate change affects every region of the world with catastrophic implications. She stated, “storms are rising and tides could [...]

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Guatemala's congress on Monday stripped President Otto Pérez Molina of his immunity by a unanimous vote of the 132 members who were present. This vote allows prosecutors to go after the president for corruption allegations. Pérez Molina and about...

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Former Guatemalan president Alfonso Portillo was released from a US prison on Wednesday after serving a sentence for taking bribes from Taiwan. Federal prosecutors charged Portillo with using US banks and institutions...

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