human rights defender

Leidy Indira Santizo Rodas

Organization affiliation

  • Comisión Internacional contra la Impunidad en Guatemala (CICIG)

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 parole

Detained since

Feb 10, 2022

Date of release

Mar 8, 2022

Charge(s)

  • Other

Sentence

(AI Translated) The judge declared a lack of merit for the obstruction offense but linked them to trial for the collusion offense and granted them house arrest with a financial bail of Q10,000

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) In exile, he was released on parole and another spurious case was opened against him.

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