Author: H.I.J.O.S. Guatemala
Date: Dec 21, 2021
Language: Spanish
In Spanish.
Contains art gallery related to the disappeared as well as a photo gallery of some of the disappeared.
This organization is run as a collective and subsists solely on donations.
It focuses on promoting human rights, justice and activities that denounce state violence in Guatemala. They are specially focused on activities with the youth.
members of HIJOS are continuously subject to threats that they should cease their educational and legal activities denouncing state violence (especially the involvement of the military in Human Rights Violations).
In June 2008, according to Protectionline - Observatorio para la Proteccion de los Defensores de DDHH, organization members received death threats.
Threats come from unidentified persons who are believed to be linked with the military.
Coverage: North America--Guatemala | Latin America; Central America
Publisher: Yahoo
Subject: armed conflict and persecution--disappearances | civil and political rights--discrimination, ethnic and racial | armed conflict and persecution--genocide | armed conflict and persecution--paramilitaries | advocacy, activism, and responses to persecution--activists | economic, social, and cultural rights--social and cultural rights--identity, ethnic
URL: http://hijosguatemala.8m.com/
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Collector: UT Libraries