human rights defender

Paola Mishelle Escobar Quiñonez

Actions and Campaigns

Organization affiliation

  • Fiscalía Especial contra la Impunidad (FECI)

HRD's Gender

Woman

Type of HRD

  • Lawyer

HRD's thematic area of engagement

  • Fight against corruption
  • Fight against impunity

HRD's geographical origin

Urban

HRD's bio and work

Current Status

Released on bail

Detained since

Feb 16, 2022

Date of release

Mar 11, 2022

Charge(s)

  • Other

Sentence

(AI Translated) Subject to proceedings for abuse of authority.

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

(AI Translated) Guatemala City

Recent case update / evolution

(AI Translated) Paola was placed under trial, granted house arrest on March 11, 2022; however, the Public Prosecutor appealed this decision and the 4th Chamber of the Court of Appeals upheld the appeal and ordered that she be placed under trial again. She was re-incarcerated on 05/15/2023. On 09/01/2023 she regained her liberty, but remains under trial.

Currently Paola is in exile.

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