human rights defender

Pedro Emanuel Ros Domingo

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Organization affiliation

  • Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala

HRD's year of birth

1992

HRD's Gender

Man

Type of HRD

  • Academic

HRD's thematic area of engagement

  • Fight against corruption
  • Other

HRD's geographical origin

Urban

HRD's bio and work

(AI Translated) Student at the Faculty of Agronomy of the University of San Carlos, member of the Student Front, a group that won the elections of the University Student Association “Oliverio Castañeda de León” in 2017, during efforts to recover student representation. He also served on the Disciplinary Council of the Agronomy Student Association “Robin García” (2018‑2019). He is one of the individuals facing criminalisation processes for opposing the appointment of Walter Mazariegos as rector of USAC in 2022.

He voluntarily appears before the court on 27 October 2025 for the arrest warrant issued against him, is detained and his first‑statement hearing takes place on 4 November 2025, and he is formally charged with continuous usurpation and destruction of cultural property on 17 November, after the judge suspended the 4 November hearing and he receives substitute measures on 18 November, after the judge again suspended the hearing the previous day.

Current Status

Under house arrest (pre-trial)

Detained since

Oct 27, 2025

Charge(s)

  • Damage to public property
  • Other

Sentence

(AI Translated) Charged with the crimes of continuous usurpation and predation of cultural property.

Geolocation of detention

Country or area of detention

Region of detention

  • Americas: Latin America and the Caribbean

Location of detention - City/Town

(AI Translated) Guatemala City

Location of detention - Facility

(AI Translated) Marshals Zavala Men's Detention Center

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