Help bring justice for murdered women in Guatemala

Amnesty International recently released a one-year update to its report, "No protection, no justice: killings of women in Guatemala" and found murderers continue to kill women and go unpunished.

Speak out now! Tell the President of Guatemala that violence against women cannot be tolerated!

The past year saw some changes in the right direction. The Guatemalan government has publicly recognized the deficiencies in preventing, investigating and prosecuting the killings of women. Unfortunately, theinitatives taken by the Guatemalan government haven't produced results, and don't come close to providing the protection and justice needed by women.

Impunity for killings of women and girls is still the norm. The number of convictions secured for such crimes continues to be alarmingly low. Of all the cases that passed through the prosecutor's office during 2005, 99% of the cases never even reached the courts.

Tell the Guatemalan government that impunity for violence against women will not be tolerated!

View the updated report including AI's recommendations to protect the women and girls of Guatemala here.