Right now there are many different human rights violations going on in Guatemala. Some of the violations include genocide, police brutality, and crimes against women. The reason that the crimes against women are happening is because people in Guatemala look down on women. Men think that women are below them which is definitely not true. Police brutality and genocide are happening because people think that they have the power or right to treat people like nonhumans and do whatever they want. People should care about helping Guatemalan people because there is genocide, police brutality, and crimes against women happening there right now and it is our job to help them. In Guatemala genocide is being committed by a man named Rios Montt. According
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Erwin Sperisen, a police chief, “was found guilty of the murders of seven men” (“Former Guatemalan police, 2014). People should care about this because there are innocent people being murdered by police for no reason at all. Another reason people should care is because the police killing people aren’t even being punished for what they’re doing. Police think that just because they are police they are higher than everyone and can do what they feel like doing. Police are committing crimes not only against inmates in prison but also towards transgenders. In 2006 a group of transgender people were murdered and according to the article “Guatemala: Transgender people” (2006), the assailants were wearing police uniforms and riding police motorcycles. Also, in Guatemala, children are needing to be protected by so called “peacekeepers”. In June of 2015, “allegations surfaced that peacekeepers in the CAR abused 10 boys they were deployed to protect” (“Opinion: End sexual exploitation by peacekeepers”, 2015). The people should care about this because it’s disgusting and no one should have to feel unsafe with someone who should be protecting …show more content…
Women in Guatemala are being killed everyday and the people committing the crimes are getting away with it. According to the article “Time to end” (2013), “685 women were killed in 2010 alone”. The worst part about these crimes happening is that the murderers aren’t even being punished. The authorities in Guatemala are one of the reasons why these crimes keep on happening because they don’t protect them. “Authorities in Guatemala are putting the lives of women at risk by systematically failing to protect them.” (“Time to end,” 2013). One other reason these crimes keep happening is because “perpetrators know they will not be punished” (“Guatemala must act,” 2011). Since they know they will not be punished they just keep killing all the women they want to kill. People need to care about this because this is not right and should be stopped. A way this could be stopped is to start punishing whoever is killing the women and put them in
Erwin Sperisen, a police chief, “was found guilty of the murders of seven men” (“Former Guatemalan police, 2014). People should care about this because there are innocent people being murdered by police for no reason at all. Another reason people should care is because the police killing people aren’t even being punished for what they’re doing. Police think that just because they are police they are higher than everyone and can do what they feel like doing. Police are committing crimes not only against inmates in prison but also towards transgenders. In 2006 a group of transgender people were murdered and according to the article “Guatemala: Transgender people” (2006), the assailants were wearing police uniforms and riding police motorcycles. Also, in Guatemala, children are needing to be protected by so called “peacekeepers”. In June of 2015, “allegations surfaced that peacekeepers in the CAR abused 10 boys they were deployed to protect” (“Opinion: End sexual exploitation by peacekeepers”, 2015). The people should care about this because it’s disgusting and no one should have to feel unsafe with someone who should be protecting …show more content…
Women in Guatemala are being killed everyday and the people committing the crimes are getting away with it. According to the article “Time to end” (2013), “685 women were killed in 2010 alone”. The worst part about these crimes happening is that the murderers aren’t even being punished. The authorities in Guatemala are one of the reasons why these crimes keep on happening because they don’t protect them. “Authorities in Guatemala are putting the lives of women at risk by systematically failing to protect them.” (“Time to end,” 2013). One other reason these crimes keep happening is because “perpetrators know they will not be punished” (“Guatemala must act,” 2011). Since they know they will not be punished they just keep killing all the women they want to kill. People need to care about this because this is not right and should be stopped. A way this could be stopped is to start punishing whoever is killing the women and put them in