Sepur Zarco case
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During the 36-year-long Guatemalan civil war, indigenous women were systematically raped and enslaved by the military in a small community near the Sepur Zarco outpost.
Background
The Guatemalan Civil War went on from 1960-1996.[1] Sepur Zarco is an indigenous Q'eqchi' community in Guatemala. In Sepur Zarco, Mayan Q'eqchi' peasant leaders had angered local landowners by fighting for the legal titles to the land upon which they had lived and worked for years. The landowners called in the army for protection.[2]
The army declared the men of the community as far-leftist insurgents, captured them, and made them disappear. The women of the village were kept as sexual slaves.[3] In 2016 for the first time the Guatemalan national court examined the military strategies implemented against Q’eqchi’ indigenous women from the community of Sepur Zarco. Then the court recognized how the Guatemalan state used sexual violence as a weapon of war.[4][5]
References
- ^ Mireya, Navarro. "GUATEMALAN ARMY WAGED 'GENOCIDE,' NEW REPORT FINDS". New York Times. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
- ^ Nina, Lakhani. "Guatemalan soldiers to answer civil war sexual slavery charges in historic trial". Guardian. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
- ^ "Sepur Zarco case:". United Nations. United Nations.
- ^ "Changing the Face of Justice: The Sepur Zarco Case". Impunity Watch. Impunity Watch.
- ^ Eulich, Whitney; Reynolds, Louisa (26 February 2016). "Guatemala war crimes verdict breaks grip of impunity". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
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