Centro de Reportes Informativos sobre Guatemala produces and distributes news and reports information from across Guatemala, CERIGUA also works on a number of topics at the national level, including freedom of expression and women’s, indigenous, mining and agrarian issues, among others.
Jean Ramses Anleu Fernández, the Guatemalan I.T. worker arrested for expressing critical opinion via his Twitter profile (username Jeanfer) regarding the banking scandal taking place in the country this week, has been released from jail and is now under house arrest. Read more here
The goals of Asociación de Periodistas de Guatemala—Comisión de Libertad de Prensa are to defend freedom of expression, information, thought, and press in Guatemala. APG also protects the right to inform and to be informed, and defends the practice of journalism and the interests and rights of its members.
Francisco Goldman accepts the Index on Censorship TR Fyvel Book Award for his work, The Art of Political Murder: Who killed Bishop Gerardi?. The culmination of years of investigative journalism, The Art of the Political Murder is an astonishing account of the search for the killers of Guatemalan bishop Juan Gerardi. The book has made a huge impact in Guatamela, even majorly influencing the result of the recent presidential election.