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Campaign Unavailable We're sorry, this alert is no longer available. If you would like to learn more about ways you can take action, please visit Human Rights First.The short explanation of this alert was:
Last week, on March 5, the same day that victims his organization works with were presenting evidence in court, unknown attackers shot Chen's house six times. The Guatemalan human rights community fears that this incident was an attempt to deter him and his organization from carrying out their important work to enable the prosecution of mass atrocities in Guatemala. Please join us in calling on the Interior Minister to provide protective measures for Chen and others at the Foundation. Please also call on the Attorney General to investigate this attack and prosecute those responsible for the massacres committed in Rio Negro and elsewhere during the civil war. If you would like to view details on this alert, please visit here. |
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Guillermo Chen is a Guatemalan human rights defender and the Director of the New Hope Foundation Rio Negro in the town of Rabinal. He has been encouraging testimony from survivors of mass atrocities committed during the country's civil war for use in court against the alleged perpetrators. A U.N. truth commission estimated that 200,000 Guatemalans were killed in the 36-year armed conflict, which ended in 1996. 