Guatemala lawmakers approve resolution denying genocide during civil war
[JURIST] The Congress of the Republic of Guatemala [official website, in Spanish] on Tuesday
approved a non-binding resolution denying any existence of genocide
during the civil war lasting from 1960-1996. The resolution [AP report]
calls for national reconciliation and states: "It is legally impossible
... that genocide could have occurred in our country's territory during
the armed conflict." The Movement of victims of northern Quiche
[backgrounder] allege that more than 250,000 people were killed during
the civil war, predominately Guatemalan...
[more].
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