Statement: "We demand Justice for Achi Women" // Comunicado: "Exigimos Justicia para las Mujeres Achi"

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Indigenous women from the Achi group participate in a Mayan blessing ceremony in front of the Supreme Court building ahead of the trial of former Guatemalan paramilitaries accused of raping 36 Achi women between 1981 and 1985, during Guatemala's decades-long civil war. REUTERS/Cristina ChiquinSubscribe nowA top Guatemalan court has sentenced three former paramilitaries to 40 years each in prison after they were found guilty of raping six Indigen…

Statement: "We demand Justice for Achi Women" // Comunicado: "Exigimos Justicia para las Mujeres Achi"

You can find the original statement in Spanish further below. // Puedes encontrar el comunicado original en español más abajo. WE DEMAND JUSTICE FOR ACHI WOMEN Today, May 30, 2025, after four months of hearings, the second trial of the Achi Women’s Case comes to an end, against the former paramilitaries: