{"id":443,"date":"2013-03-19T16:36:25","date_gmt":"2013-03-19T16:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/humanrights\/?p=443"},"modified":"2013-03-19T16:38:29","modified_gmt":"2013-03-19T16:38:29","slug":"guatemalan-criminal-tribunal-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/humanrights\/2013\/03\/19\/guatemalan-criminal-tribunal-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"Guatemalan Criminal Tribunal Begins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"The disappeared\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gwu.edu\/~nsarchiv\/guatemala\/logbook\/index.htm\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-447 aligncenter\" alt=\"logbook\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/humanrights\/files\/2013\/03\/logbook-300x191.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/humanrights\/files\/2013\/03\/logbook-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/humanrights\/files\/2013\/03\/logbook.jpg 408w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>From the Guatemalan Human Rights Commission:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>In Guatemala today, Efra\u00edn R\u00edos Montt and Jos\u00e9 Mauricio Rodr\u00edguez S\u00e1nchez are going to trial on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity for massacres committed against indigenous civilians in Guatemala&#8217;s Ixil triangle. This historic case is the first time that a former head of state is being tried for genocide in a domestic court. It is crucial for the nation\u2019s healing process, and will be a key step in ending impunity for the atrocities committed during the war<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The trial of these\u00a0major military leaders\u00a0is an important attempt by human rights defenders and victims to bring those still\u00a0able to stand trial\u00a0to justice.\u00a0\u00a0The\u00a0crimes commited\u00a0against those who lost life and loved ones\u00a0to the\u00a0Guatemalan state&#8217;s\u00a0coordinated\u00a0terror campaign form a seminal era in Cold War history.\u00a0 The targeted killing of indigenous peoples across Central America in the name of fighting communism on the US&#8217;s\u00a0dime lays bare the implications of imperialism,\u00a0indigeneity and land use in a stratified third world country of the 1980s.<\/p>\n<p>Follow the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.riosmontt-trial.org\/\">trial monitoring blog<\/a> organized by the Open Society Justice Initiative!\u00a0 To access video resources relating to Guatemala&#8217;s\u00a0indigenous struggle, two\u00a0important films are available in Babbidge library: <a href=\"http:\/\/homerweb.lib.uconn.edu\/cgi-bin\/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=when+the+mountains+tremble&amp;SL=None&amp;Search_Code=TALL&amp;PID=UiWCuj-dMJsIfs6nS8Jj4FonpUgW&amp;SEQ=20130319121730&amp;CNT=50&amp;HIST=1\"><em>When the Mountains Tremble<\/em><\/a>, and <em><a href=\"http:\/\/homerweb.lib.uconn.edu\/cgi-bin\/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=Granito&amp;SL=None&amp;Search_Code=TALL&amp;PID=YMoIVZTc0eAz-LoDX6tMLcAzui7_&amp;SEQ=20130319122327&amp;CNT=50&amp;HIST=1\">Granito: How to Nail a Dictator<\/a>. <\/em>For a comprehensive archival collection, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gwu.edu\/~nsarchiv\/guatemala\/index.htm\">Guatemalan Documentation Project<\/a> coordinated by the National Security Archive contains key documents that will be utilized in the trial.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Guatemalan Human Rights Commission: &#8220;In Guatemala today, Efra\u00edn R\u00edos Montt and Jos\u00e9 Mauricio Rodr\u00edguez S\u00e1nchez are going to trial on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity for massacres committed against indigenous civilians in Guatemala&#8217;s Ixil triangle. 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