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

Current Status

Under house arrest (pre-trial)

HRD's bio and work

(AI translated) A student at the Faculty of Agronomy at the University of San Carlos, he was a member of the Student Front, a group that won the elections of the University Students' Association (AEU) ‘Oliverio Castañeda de León’ in 2017, during efforts to regain student representation. He was also a member of the Disciplinary Council of the ‘Robin García’ Agronomy Students' Association (2018–2019). He is one of the people facing criminal proceedings for opposing the appointment of Walter Mazariegos as rector of the USAC in 2022.

He voluntarily appeared in court on 27 October 2025 in response to the arrest warrant issued against him. He was detained and his initial hearing took place on 4 November 2025. He was charged with the crimes of continued usurpation and destruction of cultural property on 17 November, after the judge suspended the hearing on the 4th and he received alternative measures on the 18th of the same month, after the judge suspended the hearing again the day before.

Detained since

Oct 27, 2025

Charge(s)

  • Damage to public property
  • Other

Sentence

(AI translated) Charged with the crimes of continued usurpation and destruction 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

Guatemala

Location of detention - Facility

Centro de Detención para Hombres Mariscal Zavala

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