On December 22nd 2000 Mynor Melgar lawyer for the human rights organization, Oficina Derechos Humanos del Arzobishpada de Guatemala (ODHAG) was threatened and his family held at gunpoint two days after Mr. Melgar announced plans by ODHAG to charge Efrain Rios Montt, retired general and leader of Congress with genocide. [Information source Amnesty International Index: AMR34/001/2001] Mr. Melgar was again the the target of threats in April 2001.
LRWC ACTION
LRWC wrote to the President, Minister of Internal Affairs, Director General of Police, the Guatemala Ambassador to Canada as well as to newspapers and human rights organizations.
