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February 2006

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Justice: for the killers of the hundreds of women in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico
24.02.2006 One of the themes of the work of photographer Carlos Reyes-Manzo is the difficulties faced by women around the world, reports Rachel Crews. And the difficulties donÂ’t get much grimmer than in Ciudad Juarez and Guatemala City, where hundreds of women have been kidnapped, raped and murdered.
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Related topics/regions: [Mexico]
Image: Justice: for the killers of the hundreds of women in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico
22.02.2006 Las organizaciones del Movimiento pro justicia expresamos nuestra preocupación por la existencia de fuertes indicios de injerencias partidarias y de grupos de poder, en el actual proceso de elección y designación de magistrados titulares y suplentes a la Corte de Constitucionalidad.
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From: Probidad
Related topics/regions: [Civil rights] [Civil society] [Law]
16.02.2006 De nuevo quedó demostrada la importancia de las remesas que envían los connacionales residentes en Estados Unidos (EEUU) a Guatemala, las cuales aumentaron en un 19 por ciento en enero de 2006, respecto del 2005, anunciaron las autoridades de la banca central.
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From: Centro de Reportes Informativos sobre Guatemala
Related topics/regions: [Migration] [Human rights]
Stop Violence Against Women
08.02.2006 For a decade thousands of women have been abducted, raped, tortured and killed in Guatemala, and the authorities have failed to bring those responsible to justice. Carlos Reyes-ManzoÂ’s black and white photo exhibition
on the murders in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico and in Guatemala City shows in London, 16 February-5 March. Help stop violence against women.
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From: Amnesty International - International Secretariat
Related topics/regions: [Mexico] [Human rights] [Gender] [Conflict]
Image: Stop Violence Against Women © Amnesty International UK
06.02.2006 A Guatemalan high court has struck down laws criminalising expressions deemed offensive to public officials as unconstitutional and constituting "an attack on freedom of expression and the right to be informed".
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Related topics/regions: [Freedom of expression]
02.02.2006 El Observatorio de los Periodistas de la Agencia Cerigua manifestó su repudió por el ataque que sufrió un grupo de periodistas, que cubrían la audiencia en la cual el Juez Víctor Hugo Herrera cerró el caso en el que estuvo involucrado el general José Efraín Ríos Montt.
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From: Centro de Reportes Informativos sobre Guatemala
Related topics/regions: [Human rights] [Information & media] [Communication] [Freedom of expression] [Activism] [Civil society]
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