Front Line Guatemala: Attacks Against Human Rights Defenders 2000-2005
This report details the surge in attacks against human rights defenders in Guatemala over the past six years. It illustrates how the phenomenon and its consequences have developed into a resurgence of the terror experienced during the internal armed conflict (1960-1996). This analysis clearly reveals a symptom of a broader deterioration of Guatemalan democracy, the human rights situation and the stagnation of the peace process. The report also provides a more in-depth analysis of the differences in the patterns of attacks based on the type of defender attacked.