Todavía en riesgo - Muerte y desaparición de sobrevivientes del incendio del Hogar Seguro Virgen de la Asunción
Protecting Psychiatric Patients in Guatemala from COVID-19
Urgent Appeal to UN Special Rapporteur on Disability
Still in Harms Way
Todavía en peligro
DRI releases new report on Guatemala - voluntourism, abuse, trafficking
Guatemala City – July 16, 2018 – Disability Rights International (DRI), along with Colectivo Vida Independiente de Guatemala and the Guatemalan Human Rights Ombudsman, today released a report documenting the human rights violations, abuse and trafficking of children in orphanages and institutions across the country. “The Guatemalan government has failed to protect children from family separation and has neglected to provide the supports needed for families to keep their children – especially children with disabilities,” said Priscila Rodriquez, DRI Associate Director.
International Women's Day - remembering tragedy at Guatemala orphanage
Victory in Guatemala - right to live in the community
Guatemala City - August 9, 2017 - After years of abuse, violence, and exploitation in orphanages and psychiatric institutions, Guatemala must take urgent action to return children to their families and psychiatric detainees to the community, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights stated in a press statement released this weekend during a visit in Guatemala.