human rights defender

Willy Roberto Racanac López

Organization affiliation

  • Fiscalía Especial contra la Impunidad (FECI)

HRD's Gender

Man

Type of HRD

  • Lawyer

HRD's thematic area of engagement

  • Fight against corruption
  • Fight against impunity

HRD's geographical origin

Urban

Current Status

Under house arrest (pre-trial)

HRD's bio and work

Detained since

Feb 16, 2022

Date of release

Mar 11, 2022

Charge(s)

  • Damage to public property

Sentence

Process-linked

Latitude: 14.627262921294347

Longitude: -90.51329433918

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

He is currently in exile

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