General information

Call No.:

392-2-2:15/1

Part of series

HU OSA 392-2-2 Video Recordings of WITNESS: WITNESS Partners' Raw Footage: WITNESS interviews

Located at

DVD-ROM #15 / No. 1

Digital ver. identifier

HU OSA 392-2-2_015

Date of production

1997-03

Date

1997

Level

Item

Primary Type

Moving image

Language

English

Duration

48 min.

Notes

LCHR office: New York [Footage: Raw; Partners: WITNESS]

Content

Form/Genre

Raw material

Contents Summary

Interview with Helen Mack, the sister of Myrna Mack, an anthropologist who was murdered by a military death squad in Guatemala City on September 11, 1990. Myrna had been researching and publishing information about the plight of indigenous and internally displaced people in Guatemala. In 1996, three high-level military officers were arrested and indicted for their alleged roles in ordering Myrna Mack's murder. It was the first human rights case during the civil war to go before Guatemala's courts. Helen Mack speaks about her efforts to bring her sister's killers to justice.

Context

Associated Names

WITNESS (Copyright holder)