human rights defender

Eva Siomara Sosa

Organization affiliation

  • Fiscalía Especial contra la Impunidad (FECI)
  • Unidad de Protección a Defensoras y Defensores de Derechos Humanos - Guatemala (UDEFEGUA)

HRD's Gender

Woman

Type of HRD

  • Lawyer

HRD's thematic area of engagement

  • Civil and political rights
  • Fight against corruption
  • Fight against impunity

HRD's geographical origin

Urban

Current Status

Released on parole

HRD's bio and work

Detained since

Feb 15, 2022

Date of release

Mar 8, 2022

Charge(s)

  • Other

Sentence

(AI translated) The judge declared lack of merit for the crime of obstruction, but ordered them to stand trial for the crime of collusion and ordered them to be placed under house arrest and a financial guarantee of Q10,000.

Latitude: 14.627240688310437

Longitude: -90.51336407661438

Geolocation of detention

Country or area of detention

Region of detention

  • Americas: Latin America and the Caribbean

Location of detention - City/Town

Ciudad de Guatemala

Recent case update / evolution

(AI translated) In exile, she was paroled and another spurious case was opened against her.

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