On Thursday 16 February, the European Parliament called for an "immediate, independent, objective and in-depth" inquiry into the recent murders of several human rights defenders and journalists.
With 15 human rights defenders being killed in Guatemala in 2016, the European Parliament expresses concern, in a joint resolution from the EPP, EFDD, ECR, ALDE, S&D and Greens/EFA groups that MEPs adopted, about the fact that continuing acts of violence and insecurity make the work of human rights...