Weekly Report - 11 October 2012 (WR-12-40)

President Otto Pérez Molina, whose military background as former head of military intelligence (D-2) during the 1960-1996 civil war has long attracted concern from human rights groups, is facing familiar accusations. This week the opposition Libertad Democrática Renovada (Líder) announced plans to file a complaint against him for human rights violations before the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) after security forces (comprising the police [PNC] and military) opened fire on indigenous protesters resulting in eight dead and 34 injured. The killings have raised major doubts about Pérez Molina’s flagship policy of militarising citizen security and the use of the military in upholding public order.

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