human rights defender
Cristopher Alexis Genaro Morales
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Cristopher Alexis Genaro Morales
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Organization affiliation
- Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
HRD's year of birth
1997
HRD's Gender
Man
Type of HRD
- Academic
HRD's thematic area of engagement
- Fight against corruption
- Other
HRD's geographical origin
Urban
Current Status
Under house arrest (pre-trial)
HRD's bio and work
(AI translated) A student at the Faculty of Agronomy at the University of San Carlos and founder of the Patzicía Ecological Collective and the Student Ecological Movement (MEE), he is one of the people facing criminal proceedings for opposing the appointment of Walter Mazariegos as rector of the USAC in 2022.
He voluntarily appeared in court on 27 October 2025 in response to the arrest warrant issued against him. He was detained and his initial hearing took place on 4 November 2025. He was charged with the crimes of continued usurpation and destruction of cultural property on 17 November, after the judge suspended the hearing on the 4th and he received alternative measures on the 18th of the same month, after the judge suspended the hearing again the day before.
Detained since
Oct 27, 2025
Date of release
Nov 18, 2025
Charge(s)
- Damage to public property
- Other
Sentence
(AI translated) Charged with the crimes of continued usurpation and destruction of cultural property.
Latitude: 14.6373983655607
Longitude: -90.4784470796585
Geolocation of detention
Country or area of detention
Region of detention
- Americas: Latin America and the Caribbean
Location of detention - City/Town
Guatemala
Location of detention - Facility
Centro de Detención para Hombres Mariscal Zavala
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- Country(ies) of nationality
- HRD's year of birth
- 1997
- HRD's Gender
- Man
- Type of HRD
- Academic
- HRD's thematic area of engagement
- Fight against corruption
- Other
- Organization affiliation
- Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
- HRD's Picture
- Copyright
- Soy502
- HRD's bio and work
(AI translated) A student at the Faculty of Agronomy at the University of San Carlos and founder of the Patzicía Ecological Collective and the Student Ecological Movement (MEE), he is one of the people facing criminal proceedings for opposing the appointment of Walter Mazariegos as rector of the USAC in 2022.
He voluntarily appeared in court on 27 October 2025 in response to the arrest warrant issued against him. He was detained and his initial hearing took place on 4 November 2025. He was charged with the crimes of continued usurpation and destruction of cultural property on 17 November, after the judge suspended the hearing on the 4th and he received alternative measures on the 18th of the same month, after the judge suspended the hearing again the day before.
- HRD's geographical origin
- Urban
- Country or area of detention
- Region of detention
- Americas: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Location of detention - City/Town
- Guatemala
- Location of detention - Facility
- Centro de Detención para Hombres Mariscal Zavala
- Geolocation of detention
Latitude: 14.6373983655607
Longitude: -90.4784470796585
- Geolocation of detention
- Detained since
- Oct 27, 2025
- Current Status
- Under house arrest (pre-trial)
- Date of release
- Nov 18, 2025
- Charge(s)
- Damage to public property
- Other
- Sentence
(AI translated) Charged with the crimes of continued usurpation and destruction of cultural property.
- Documented by
- Consent status
- Consent to register, store and publish the information
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