Source: European Parliament
Question for written answer E-001050/2025
to the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
Rule 144
Pernando Barrena Arza (The Left), Rima Hassan (The Left), Anthony Smith (The Left), Leila Chaibi (The Left), Catarina Vieira (Verts/ALE), Hanna Gedin (The Left), Jonas Sjöstedt (The Left), Robert Biedroń (S&D), Merja Kyllönen (The Left), Jaume Asens Llodrà (Verts/ALE), Damien Carême (The Left), Elena Kountoura (The Left), Catarina Martins (The Left), Mimmo Lucano (The Left), Kathleen Funchion (The Left), Francisco Assis (S&D), Isabel Serra Sánchez (The Left)
In Guatemala, the judiciary is persecuting, criminalising and arbitrarily detaining human rights activists or forcing them into exile in retaliation for their legitimate work. They are doing this in collusion with the Foundation against Terrorism, an exponent of the anti-human rights movement in Guatemala. The activists being persecuted include: Virginia Laparra, former anti-corruption prosecutor, arbitrarily detained for two years and now in exile; Estuardo Campo and Eduardo Masaya, both arbitrarily detained at present; Claudia Gonzalez, lawyer; and Ramón Cadena, lawyer and university lecturer.
In view of the above:
- 1.In what way will the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy continue to apply pressure to prevent the unjust use of Guatemala’s judicial system to persecute activists?
- 2.Is the EU Delegation available to observe the activists’ hearings, and will it visit the two imprisoned activists?
- 3.What is the EU doing to demonstrate that the erosion of the rule of law will have consequences for EU-Guatemala relations, and how will it apply the human rights clauses of the Association Agreement with the region?
Submitted: 11.3.2025