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Catherina

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5. You are so welcome

Thu May 9, 2013, 01:04 PM

May 2013

This trial grips me. Especially since the racism that caused this is here.

There have been more than assassination threats, there have been outright assassinations over the years to stop this trial. Monsignore Juan José Gerardi Conedera was the most prominent one. The judge moves nowhere without a ton of bodyguards. Many witnesses would only testify by videocamera and the US reporter Allan Nairn was threatened (gun just laid on the table while suggesting he should develop a faulty memory and lose his tapes of President Molina's involvement as an Army officer).

The bravery of the people who came to testify is more than anyone can imagine, especially the women who broke cultural taboos and detailed their rapes, their torture explicitly. They better get justice.

Is the Democracy Now segment online? DO you have a link? I'm so proud of them for covering this. Thanks for reading these.

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Guate: Rios Montt genocide trial / 2nd day of conclusions, Prosecution wraps up [View all] Catherina May 2013 OP

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military control Beatriz Manz encountered in the Ixil Catherina May 2013 #2

Trial SamKnause May 2013 #3

You are so welcome Catherina May 2013 #5

Trial 2 SamKnause May 2013 #7

Thank you! Catherina May 2013 #8

"Prosecutors Seek 75-Year Sentence for U.S.-Backed Guatemalan Dictator R�os Montt in Genocide Trial" Catherina May 2013 #65

powerful & terrible moments in survivor testimony; rapes of women, assasination of children, torture Catherina May 2013 #4

CALDH lawyer Vivar closing... sexual violence was state policy. Killing "chocolates" Catherina May 2013 #6

... US influence on Natl Devt Plan, CIA warning military strategy = treating civil population Catherina May 2013 #9

Rios Montt about to give his declaration / Survivors: 'we knew this day would come' Catherina May 2013 #10

Not sure when this was taken but it was just posted Catherina May 2013 #11

Rios Montt has just indicated his desire to speak to court Catherina May 2013 #12

No one can ever forget Catherina May 2013 #13

Prosecution tells Montt conclusions isn't appropriate time for him to speak. Yelling Catherina May 2013 #14

We ask Rios Montt's lawyer Gudiel to avoid these type of comments Catherina May 2013 #15

Why can't Montt speak during closing arguments? Catherina May 2013 #16

Redacted US diplomatic cables as evidence of genocide Catherina May 2013 #17

closing arguments time is not for Montt to speak / Interruption Catherina May 2013 #18

Barrios grants Montt time to speak. 30 years Guatemala has been waiting Catherina May 2013 #19

Montt wants to make statement with notes. Judge says no notes Catherina May 2013 #20

Rios Montt speaks: "I'm going to tell you the story" Catherina May 2013 #21

Montt speaks: Rejects the findings of Amnesty International report during his administration Catherina May 2013 #22

OMG. Montt: "The point was 4 these Kakchiqueles, Ixiles, Quiches, Mames, to create a state TOGETHER" Catherina May 2013 #23

Montt: I will never accept guilt for the charges. I was the head of state Catherina May 2013 #24

Even the Pope pleaded to Montt to stop his atrocities Catherina May 2013 #53

Interesting factoid. Montt's brother, Bishop Mario Rios Mont, investigated the deaths Catherina May 2013 #54

Montt: it's the fault of the army and its sergeants (OMG, the lies, the lies here) Catherina May 2013 #25

Montt: "I met with Reagan in SanPedroSula and we didn't ask for weapons, we couldn't even get loans" Catherina May 2013 #26

Montt: "I never ordered acts against an ethnicity or religion. Never!.. I was not a zone commander!" Catherina May 2013 #27

Montt: I looked at Plan Victoria 82, there's nothing written abt objective to destroy a people Catherina May 2013 #28

Montt: Current Minister of Interior killed, kidnapped, won't be prosecuted & I am responsible? Catherina May 2013 #29

Montt: The Workers Party went to kill & spill blood. Now I'm the one with the charges? Catherina May 2013 #30

Defense is called to give closing arguments. Requests lunch break instead. Food is a human right now Catherina May 2013 #31

Montt lawyer: Against my will, I will give my statements in a state of hunger. Catherina May 2013 #32

BREAKING NEWS: President Perez Molina announces he will withdraw the declared state of siege.... Catherina May 2013 #33

Prosecution Closing Argument (Livestream link) Catherina May 2013 #34

Rios Montt never planned, never organized, never executed, and never supervised any act ... Catherina May 2013 #35

Defense claims too much hearsay and science not reliable. Expert degrees not valid in Guate Catherina May 2013 #36

Defense: "Human rights violations? No one has established there were any." Catherina May 2013 #37

Defense refers to "non-existant intl jurisprudence" Catherina May 2013 #38

Video of Rioss Montt protesting his innocence "I'm going to tell you a story" Catherina May 2013 #39

Pics of Montt protesting his innocence taken a few minutes ago Catherina May 2013 #40

A large group of survivors from Ixil & other regions leaves, another group takes their place Catherina May 2013 #41

Defense says Plan Sofia/Victoria evidence was instead plan for natl devt and well-being. Catherina May 2013 #42

Defense: If the guerillas had won, we'd be like Venezuela, like Chavez. Hippies, little chinaman Catherina May 2013 #43

Montt defense lawyer proposing to criminalize leaks. Denying validity .... Catherina May 2013 #44

"Harris Whitbeck showed how the state protected the population in refugee camps." Catherina May 2013 #45

Defense: "It has been established that there was no genocide... Catherina May 2013 #46

Defense: "no genocide. It was armed conflict and unfortunate deaths." Catherina May 2013 #47

Defense is going on and on that Guate never signed intl agreements and Catherina May 2013 #48

Unbelievable events. How can Rios-Montt sit there without being hit by lightning? Judi Lynn May 2013 #49

I don't know. He has a lot of gall. All of those involved do Catherina May 2013 #64

Defense points to one British Lord, Viscount Colville de Culross as *proof* Catherina May 2013 #50

Finally lunch break (It's 3:45 PM in Guatemala) Catherina May 2013 #51

�Faces of Impunity� enemies list published online Catherina May 2013 #52

Victim of Rios Montt watching herself on PBS newshour, inside court Catherina May 2013 #55

Court reconvenes. Defense closing arguments to continue. PowerPoints of Impunity Catherina May 2013 #56

Defense: "Truth was changed in order to find reconciliation." Screaming Catherina May 2013 #57

Defense: "The chain of command does not include the chief of military intelligence." Catherina May 2013 #58

Two victims in court Catherina May 2013 #59

The defense screams on. Even PowerPoint has lots of ALL CAPS Catherina May 2013 #60

AJR: "we indigenous were accused of being terrorists, communists, subversives & genocide committed' Catherina May 2013 #61

Human Rights Legal Action Center gives concluding statement Catherina May 2013 #62

R�os Montt speaks again: "I only ask for justice" Catherina May 2013 #63

Thanks so much for these updates naaman fletcher May 2013 #66

Street Art: Yes, there was genocide Catherina May 2013 #67

If a guilty verdict, some supporters of Montt have warned of "civil war." Catherina May 2013 #68

Video to remind what is at stake: 'They threw me around like a ball' Catherina May 2013 #69

Video History Lesson - Guatemala - An American Genocide Catherina May 2013 #70

An even better video: Ending the Silence Catherina May 2013 #71