Former Guatemalan Strongman Stands Trial For Genocide
- March 19, 2013
More than 200,000 people were killed or disappeared in Guatemala’s 36-year-long civil war. It was one of the bloodiest and most vicious of modern times. But one period was especially brutal, the one in which General Efraín Rios Montt was in charge.
In Effort to Try Dictator, Guatemala Shows New Judicial Might
- March 18, 2013
A judge had just ruled that the military dictator, Gen. Efraín Ríos Montt, now 86, should stand trial for genocide and crimes against humanity committed under his rule in the 1980s, a decision Mr. Utuy and other Maya survivors of Guatemala’s 34-year civil war had gathered in the courtroom to hear in person.
The Trial of Efrain Rios Montt & Jose Mauricio Rodriguez
- March 17, 2013
March 19, sees the scheduled start date for the oral phase of the trial on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity against Rios Montt and Rodriguez Sanchez. They are accused of being the intellectual authors of the assassination of 1,771 indigenous Mayans of Ixil ethnicity in the Quiche Department, the forced displacement of 29,000, and sexual violations and torture, in massacres and violations perpetrated by the Guatemalan military during Rios Montt’s 17-month rule between 1982 and 1983.
U.S. Cambodian Survivors See Death of Accused Ieng Sary as Missed Opportunity for Justice
- March 14, 2013
Co-founder of the Khmer Rouge, Ieng Sary, died before a verdict was reached in the trial against him and two other senior leaders of the Khmer Rouge regime before the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC). His death at the age of 87 serves as a wake-up call to the UN backed Tribunal, which has been riddled with delays since its inception.
Khmer Rouge: Death of ‘Killing Fields’ Defendant Ieng Sary During Trial for Cambodia’s Genocide Dismays Bay Area Survivors
- March 14, 2013
Bay Area survivors of Cambodia’s genocide are dismayed with Thursday’s death of a Khmer Rouge leader before he could face justice at the hands of an international tribunal for his role in the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million Cambodians in the 1970s.
Yousuf v. Samantar : The Long Road to Justice
- March 6, 2013
CJA Legal Director Kathy Roberts discusses the Yousuf v. Samantar case.
Genocide on Trial in Guatemala, Setting Model for Region
- March 4, 2013
For the first time in history a former head of state, Guatemala’s Gen. Efraín Ríos Montt, is on trial for genocide in the country where the crime occurred. Two hundred thousand died over 36 years of armed conflict in the Central American nation, mostly Maya indigenous noncombatants at government hands. The unfolding judicial process has global repercussions, strengthening possibilities for prosecution of other prominent human rights cases.
General Says He Could Not Stop Human Rights Abuses
- February 27, 2013
A former El Salvador defense minister admitted responsibility for military abuses against civilians during his country’s civil war on Wednesday, saying he could not stop human rights violations because of divisions within the armed forces.
Retoma el Juicio de Deportación del Exministro Salvadoreño García Merino
- February 26, 2013
El juicio para la deportación del exministro de Defensa de El Salvador José Guillermo García Merino se retomó hoy al norte de Miami (EE.UU.) con tres sesiones previstas esta semana para la declaración de los testigos más importantes.
Former Salvadoran General Denies Role in Abuses
- February 26, 2013
A former Central American general took the stand in his own defense at a deportation hearing on Tuesday, saying he did not commit or order any acts of torture or extrajudicial killings during El Salvador’s brutal civil war.
