After 20 years, Guatemala grapples with imperfect peace
Telesur released an article yesterday on the 20th anniversary of the end of the civil war in Guatemala. The conflict left at least 200,000 civilian victims, the report says, adding that, according to the UN Truth Commission, the Guatemalan military carried out over 600 massacres against unarmed communities — mostly rural indigenous Mayans — as part of a counterinsurgency strategy that resulted in genocide. It is estimated that 45,000 people were forcibly disappeared by State security forces during the 36-year conflict. Since then hundreds of bodies have been uncovered in mass graves across the country. http://bit.ly/2iJ2LHK
Israel opens database on missing children
The Times of Israel reported on 28 december that Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, inaugurated an online database on Wednesday that gives the public full access to some 400,000 pages of declassified documents that the state hopes will help bring closure…