危地馬拉種族屠殺
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危地馬拉種族屠殺 | |
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危地馬拉內戰的一部分 | |
![]() 挖掘危地馬拉種族屠殺受害者的遺體 | |
位置 | 危地馬拉 |
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目標 | 瑪雅人(被指為共產主義者) |
類型 | 強迫失蹤、種族滅絕式屠殺、酷刑、性暴力、危害人類罪 |
死亡 | 至少42,275人(其中83%為馬雅人)、可能多達20萬人 |
主謀 | 危地馬拉政府、地方民兵 |
動機 | 反共主義、反馬雅情緒 |
對土著人民的 種族滅絕 |
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記錄在案或被指控的實例 |
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危地馬拉種族屠殺(西班牙語:Genocidio guatemalteco)又稱馬雅種族屠殺(西班牙語:Genocidio maya)[1]、沈默的大屠殺(西班牙語:Holocausto silencioso)[2],為危地馬拉內戰期間土生白人的軍政府對馬雅人的大屠殺,自1965年起軍政府一貫的政策即是大量屠殺、虐待與草率處決左翼游擊隊成員,且美國官員對此知情[3][4],曾發表報告討論危地馬拉軍政府以屠殺上千人作為維繫恐怖統治的手段[5]。人權觀察指這些屠殺「異常地殘忍」,且多為針對非武裝的平民[6]。
種族屠殺在危地馬拉北部弱者游擊隊(EGP)活躍的地區尤為嚴重,危地馬拉軍隊將當地馬雅農民均視為游擊隊的支持者,並對其展開大規模屠殺。殺害平民的案件自內戰爆發起即持續發生,但1975年起軍隊開始全面屠殺行動,並於1980年代初期達到高峰[7],內戰期間軍方至少發動了626起屠殺[8],1981年至1983年間即摧毀440座馬雅村莊,有些市鎮中有多達三分之一的村莊被毀,1985年的一份研究報告指出有超過20萬名兒童失去了至少一名雙親,且1980年至1985年間有45,000至60,000人遇害[9]。
據統計,有約20萬人在危地馬拉種族屠殺中遇害,包括至少4萬名下落不明者,其中93%為被政府軍隊殺害,聯合國資助的歷史澄清委員會(CEH)調查共42,275起遇害或失蹤案件,其中有83%遇害者為馬雅人[10],1999年CEH調查結論指出危地馬拉軍隊犯下種族屠殺,且美國對其提供軍事訓練,對衝突中的人權侵犯有嚴重影響,但美國隊屠殺不負有直接責任[7][10][11][12][13]。1982年至1983年任危地馬拉總統的埃弗拉因·里奧斯·蒙特被控犯下戰爭罪[14],2013年被判有罪,為首次有總統被判在本國犯下種族屠殺罪[15],但此判決隨後被推翻[16],至其於2018年逝世為止仍未能終審宣判,法院只得終結訴訟[17]。
參考文獻
[編輯]- ^ Foster, Lynn V. Handbook to Life in the Ancient Maya World (PDF). : 84.
While only limited violence has accompanied the on-going Zapatista movement in Chiapas, a holocaust occurred in Guatemala. Highland Maya civilians were the victims of a 36-year civil war in which 900,000 of them were displaced from their lands, many of them becoming refugees in Mexico, Belize, and the United States, and another 166,000 were killed or 'disappeared'. By the time a cease-fire was declared in 1996, the Maya constituted 83 percent of the war dead. A United Nations study stated that Guatemala's war policies had been tantamount to Maya genocide.
[失效連結] - ^ Guatemala 1982. Peace Pledge Union Information. [2016-09-11]. (原始內容存檔於2004-02-03).
- ^ Group says files show U.S. knew of Guatemala abuses. nydailynews. 2009-03-19 [2022-01-30]. (原始內容存檔於2018-07-05).
- ^ Blakeley, Ruth. State Terrorism and Neoliberalism: The North in the South. Routledge. 2009: 91-94 [2022-01-30]. ISBN 978-0415686174. (原始內容存檔於2015-06-14).
- ^ Guatemala: A Nation of Prisoners, An Americas Watch Report, January 1984, pp. 2–3
- ^ Human Rights Testimony Given Before the United States Congressional Human Rights Caucus (新聞稿). Human Rights Watch. 2003-10-16 [2009-09-03]. (原始內容存檔於2008-11-11).
- ^ 7.0 7.1 Cooper, Allan. The Geography of Genocide. University Press of America. 2008: 171 [2022-01-30]. ISBN 978-0761840978. (原始內容存檔於2023-01-22).
- ^ The Secrets in Guatemala’s Bones. The New York Times]. 2016-06-30 [2022-01-30]. (原始內容存檔於2018-02-03).
- ^ Civil Patrols in Guatemala: An Americas Watch Report. America's Watch. August 1986: Page 6.
- ^ 10.0 10.1 83% of the fully identified 42,275 civilians killed by human rights violations during the Guatemalan Civil War were Mayan and 17% were Latino of those 93% were killed by the government. See EH 1999,第17頁 and Press Briefing: Press conference by members of the Guatemala Historical Clarification Commission. United Nations. 1999-03-01 [2016-08-13]. (原始內容存檔於2023-07-31).
- ^ Guatemala, 1981–1984 互聯網檔案館的存檔,存檔日期2017-12-26.. Rutgers–Newark Colleges of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
- ^ Valentino, Benjamin A. Final Solutions: Mass Killing and Genocide in the 20th Century. Cornell University Press. 2005: 27. ISBN 978-0801472732.
- ^ Guatemala's Ríos Montt found guilty of genocide. BBC News. 2013-05-11 [2022-01-30]. (原始內容存檔於2013-08-31).
- ^ Genocide trial of Guatemala ex-leader opens. aljazeera.com.
- ^ MacLean, Emi. Guatemala's Constitutional Court Overturns Rios Montt Conviction and Sends Trial Back to April 19. International Justice Monitor. 2013-05-21.
- ^ Grillo, Christine. HRDAG Testimony In Guatemala Retrials. 2018-03-04 [2021-05-05].
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