human rights defender

Matilde Baján Balán

© Matilde Baján Balán

HRD's Gender

Woman

Type of HRD

  • Other

HRD's thematic area of engagement

  • Other

HRD's geographical origin

Urban

Current Status

Released

HRD's bio and work

Detained since

May 19, 2021

Date of release

Jun 11, 2021

Charge(s)

  • Other

Sentence

(AI translated) The judge declared the lack of merit for the illegal association and conspiracy, and Juan Francisco, along with Anibal Arguello and five others, including Matilde Bajan, accepted the charges and were sentenced to three years in prison, commutables, and the payment of Q10,000 in computer equipment to the Supreme Electoral Court.

Latitude: 14.627372182492692

Longitude: -90.51343917846681

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

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