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Former Guatemala dictator Rios Montt found guilty of genocide
MEXICO CITY -- Efrain Rios Montt, the former Guatemalan military dictator who ruled his country during one of the bloodiest phases of its civil war, was found guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity Friday for the systematic massacre and...
Tags: Politics, Massacres, Wars and Interventions, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice and Rights
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Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt guilty of genocide
MEXICO CITY — Efrain Rios Montt, the former Guatemalan military dictator who ruled his country during one of the bloodiest phases of its civil war, was found guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity Friday for the systematic massacre of more...Tags: Massacres, War Crimes, Trials, Crime, Law and Justice, International Court or Tribunal
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Letters: The U.S. and Guatemala
Re "Ruling on Rios Montt raises questions," May 22 When, in 1954, the U.S. government overthrew popularly elected progressive President Jacobo Arbenz, it initiated a horrendous reign of terror that resulted in the deaths of more than 100,000...Tags: Politics, Massacres, Elections, Heads of State, Television Industry
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O.C. hate crimes fall; attacks based on sexual orientation rise
The number of reported hate crimes in Orange County fell by 21% last year, even though such crimes based on sexual orientation almost doubled, according to a report released Thursday. The Orange County Human Relations Commission found that 61 hate...Tags: Minority Groups, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice and Rights, Religion and Belief, Islam
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Guatemalan court action revives questions about Rios Montt's fate
MEXICO CITY— The Guatemalan high court’s decision to overturn the genocide conviction of former military dictator Efrain Rios Montt and restart his trial has revived questions about his responsibility for the slaughter of some 1,700 ethnic...
Tags: Massacres, Crime, Law and Justice, International Court or Tribunal, Justice and Rights, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Guatemala full of questions after genocide conviction annulled
MEXICO CITY — The Guatemalan high court's decision to annul the genocide conviction of former military dictator Efrain Rios Montt on Tuesday revived questions about his responsibility for the slaughter of some 1,700 ethnic Maya people. The...Tags: Massacres, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice and Rights, International Court or Tribunal, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Former Guatemalan dictator Rios Montt denies ordering slaughter
MEXICO CITY -- The former dictator of Guatemala, Efrain Rios Montt, on Thursday took the stand for the first time in his genocide trial and said he did not order the slaughter of hundreds of indigenous Maya. Rios Montt’s sometimes contentious...
Tags: Massacres, Trials, International Court or Tribunal, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Prosecution
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Sikh man, 82, beaten with pipe in Fresno in suspected hate crime
FRESNO -- An 82 year-old Sikh man was beaten with a steel pipe outside a Fresno temple in what police believe is a hate crime, setting the Central Valley's well-established Sikh community on edge. Piara Singh, strong for his age and universally known...Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, FBI
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Armenian genocide commemoration events scheduled citywide
Several events commemorating the anniversary of the Armenian genocide will be held in Glendale over the next several days. The genocide resulted in the murder of 1.5 million Armenians at the hands of the Ottoman Turks from 1915 to 1918. The main local...Tags: Massacres, Human Interest, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Turkey, Genocide
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Protests follow judges' rulings in Guatemalan war crimes trial
MEXICO CITY – Contradictory court judgments in the war crimes trial of former Guatemalan dictator Gen. Efrain Rios Montt this week set off protests in Guatemala City and prompted rebukes from human rights organizations. On Friday, Judge Jazmin...
Tags: Massacres, War Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice, Trials, Justice and Rights
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Again, Rep. Schiff urges Obama to officially recognize Armenian genocide
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) on Wednesday once again called on President Obama to officially recognize the Armenian genocide of 1915 – a request that for years has gone unfulfilled amid political pressure from a key NATO ally, Turkey. The...
Tags: Massacres, NATO, World War I (1914-1918), Adam Schiff, Turkey (animal)
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He's got Armenia under his skin, and we get a guidebook
By some measures, Matthew Karanian was a Connecticut Yankee: a 34-year-old litigator in Hartford, American-born and bred. But he had a wild idea. So he took a summer off, headed for the rustic land of his ancestors, and soon found that Armenia was...
Tags: Massacres, Tourism and Leisure, World War I (1914-1918), Travel, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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