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UN human rights experts on Monday welcomed a recent Guatemalan court ruling that the deaths of 1,771 ethnic Ixil Mayan people between 1983-1984 constituted a “genocide.” “Impunity for perpetrators is unacceptable,” said UN experts about the ruling. “It is essential that judicial processes respect international standards in determining the responsibilities of the perpetrators and masterminds [...]

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Guatemala’s Court for High Risks on Tuesday sentenced former vice president Roxana Baldetti to prison for 15 years and six months for committing corruption in the awarding of a multi-million dollar government contract to decontaminate a lake near the capital. A UN anti-corruption commission supported Guatemalan prosecutors in the case against Baldetti and 12 other people for [...]

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Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Sunday urged Guatemalan courts to end unjustifiable delays in high-profile criminal cases. For the past decade, the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) , in partnership with the Attorney General's...

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