"In over six years since the petitions were filed, there has been little discernable progress in the cases," the U.S. congressmen said in their letter yesterday to Attorney General Juan Luis Florido. "We do not believe that the delay can be adequately explained by the replacement of Special Prosecutors and procedural appeals by the defendants."
Andrew Hudson of the Human Rights Defenders program, part of Human Rights First, a nonprofit organization based in New York and Washington , suggested that prosecution of the Rios Montt case would have broad consequences.
"It is important to bring the perpetrators of serious human rights violations to justice in order to break the culture of impunity and create a safer environment for human rights defenders," he said.
Andrew Hudson of the Human Rights Defenders program, part of Human Rights First, a nonprofit organization based in New York and Washington , suggested that prosecution of the Rios Montt case would have broad consequences.
"It is important to bring the perpetrators of serious human rights violations to justice in order to break the culture of impunity and create a safer environment for human rights defenders," he said.
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