Guatemala

Some Thoughts for Labor Day

Angela Heimburger — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 07:46:36 -0700

Labor Day? Let's be real. The last thing on our minds this weekend is labor rights. Whether we're fortunate enough to have a job or worrying about how to get one in today's economy, we'll focus more on this summer's last hurrah than on the Tuesday- morning-after travails.

Guatemala

Human Rights Watch — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 08:54:13 -0800

A dozen years after the end of Guatemala's brutal civil war, impunity remains the norm when it comes to human rights violations. Ongoing violence and intimidation threaten to reverse the little progress that has been made toward promoting accountability.

Bread

Human Rights Watch — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:50:56 -0800

Guatemalan brothers Edwin and Edson crush rocks with their father so their family has enough to eat.

Discovering Dominga

Human Rights Watch — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:55:18 -0800

When 29-year-old Iowa housewife Denese Becker decides to return to the Guatemalan village where she was born, she begins a journey towards finding her roots, but one filled with harrowing revelations. Denese, born Dominga, was nine when she became her family's sole survivor of a massacre of Maya peasants. Two years later, she was adopted by an American family.

Universal Periodic Review of Guatemala

Human Rights Watch — Sun, 04 May 2008 17:00:00 -0700

The country continues to face high levels of violence associated with both electoral politics and common crime. Guatemala’s weak and corrupt law enforcement institutions have proven incapable of containing the powerful organized crime groups that, among other things, are believed responsible for continuing attacks on human rights defenders.

Guatemala Legislature Drops Restrictive Family Bill

Human Rights Watch — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 08:50:59 -0700

After public criticism from Human Rights Watch, Guatemalan legislators dropped their efforts to pass a bill that would have barred same-sex couples and single parents and their children from being legally defined as family.

Guatemala: Reject Bill Threatening Families

Human Rights Watch — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 17:00:00 -0700

Guatemalan legislators should protect all families by voting against the “Integral Protection for Marriage and Family Act,” Human Rights Watch urged today in a letter to the Guatemalan Congress.

Letter to the Guatemalan Congress Regarding Marriage and Family Law

Human Rights Watch — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 17:00:00 -0700

On behalf of Human Rights Watch, I urge you to vote against the approval of the “Integral Protection for Marriage and Family Act.” This legislative initiative would write discriminatory treatment of families into law.

Guatemala: Investigate Killing of Activist’s Son

Human Rights Watch — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 17:00:00 -0700

The Guatemalan authorities should promptly and thoroughly investigate the killing of José Emanuel Méndez Dardón, the son of a prominent human rights advocate, Human Rights Watch said today.

Domestic Workers Abused Worldwide

Human Rights Watch — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 17:00:00 -0700

(Jakarta, July 27, 2006) – Domestic workers face a wide range of grave abuses and labor exploitation, including physical and sexual abuse, forced confinement, non-payment of wages, denial of food and health care and excessive working hours with no rest days, Human Rights Watch said in a new report today.