Human Rights Groups Call Out Violence Against Environment and Land Defenders in Guatemala

A recent spate of murder, intimidation, and ecocide (the extensive destruction of the environment) in Guatemala has led an international coalition of environmental human rights and environmental organizations – including the Friends of the Earth U.S., ActionAid USA, Rainforest Network, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, Latin America Working Group, and the Guatemalan Human Rights Commission/USA – to appeal to the authorities concerned.