Hate Crimes

Guatemalan court action revives questions about Rios Montt's fate

2013-05-21 13:45:00

MEXICO CITY— The Guatemalan high court’s decision to overturn the genocide conviction of former military dictator Efrain Rios Montt and restart his trial has revived questions about his responsibility for the slaughter of some 1,700 ethnic...

Guatemala full of questions after genocide conviction annulled

2013-05-21 18:15:00

MEXICO CITY — The Guatemalan high court's decision to annul the genocide conviction of former military dictator Efrain Rios Montt on Tuesday revived questions about his responsibility for the slaughter of some 1,700 ethnic Maya people. The...

Guatemalan court overturns Rios Montt conviction

2013-05-20 20:59:00

MEXICO CITY -- Guatemala’s highest court late Monday overturned the genocide conviction of former military dictator Efrain Rios Montt, a verdict that had been hailed by human rights organizations but now hangs in limbo. The Constitutional Court...

Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt guilty of genocide

2013-05-10 20:03:00

MEXICO CITY — Efrain Rios Montt, the former Guatemalan military dictator who ruled his country during one of the bloodiest phases of its civil war, was found guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity Friday for the systematic massacre of more...

Former Guatemala dictator Rios Montt found guilty of genocide

2013-05-10 16:50:00

�MEXICO CITY -- Efrain Rios Montt, the former Guatemalan military dictator who ruled his country during one of the bloodiest phases of its civil war, was found guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity Friday for the systematic massacre and...

Former Guatemalan dictator Rios Montt denies ordering slaughter

2013-05-09 15:55:00

MEXICO CITY -- The former dictator of Guatemala, Efrain Rios Montt, on Thursday took the stand for the first time in his genocide trial and said he did not order the slaughter of hundreds of indigenous Maya. Rios Montt’s sometimes contentious...

Sikh man, 82, beaten with pipe in Fresno in suspected hate crime

2013-05-08 13:43:00

FRESNO -- An 82 year-old Sikh man was beaten with a steel pipe outside a Fresno temple in what police believe is a hate crime, setting the Central Valley's well-established Sikh community on edge.� Piara Singh, strong for his age and universally known...

Guatemala war crimes trial rulings spur protests

2013-04-19 21:06:00

MEXICO CITY — Contradictory court judgments in the war crimes trial of former Guatemalan dictator Gen. Efrain Rios Montt this week set off protests in Guatemala City and prompted rebukes from human rights organizations around the world. On Friday,...

He's got Armenia under his skin, and we get a guidebook

2013-04-17 08:30:00

By some measures, Matthew Karanian was a Connecticut Yankee: a 34-year-old litigator in Hartford, American-born and bred. But he had a wild idea. So he took a summer off, headed for the rustic land of his ancestors, and soon found that Armenia was...

Walk to End Genocide to be held Sunday in West L.A.

2013-04-13 11:16:00

A charity walk to raise money and awareness for survivors of genocide around the world will take place Sunday in the Fairfax district. The seventh annual Walk to End Genocide will start at Pan Pacific Park in the 7600 block of Beverly Boulevard....

Ex-Marine charged with hate crime in beating outside gay bar

2013-04-11 13:06:00

An ex-Marine accused of committing a hate crime outside a gay bar in Long Beach will be extradited from Illinois to face prosecution in L.A. County, officials aid. John Kelly O’Leary, 21, was arrested Monday night in the Chicago suburb of...

L.A. council race leads to confrontation in Little Armenia

2013-04-29 00:00:00

When two groups supporting rival Los Angeles City Council candidates met on a street in Little Armenia last week, an afternoon of vote canvassing turned into an altercation. Two 17-year-old campaign workers for candidate John Choi claim they were...

Guatemala's former dictator Jose Efrain Rios Montt wears headphones as he listens to the verdict in his genocide trial in Guatemala City, Friday, May 10, 2013. The Guatemalan court convicted Rios Montt on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity, sentencing him to 80 years in prison.

2013-05-10 22:44:00

A group of girls walk with a few thousand protestors in a long revolving line at a protest rally in front of the Turkish Consulate demanding an end of Armenian genocide denial by Turkey in Los Angeles on Wednesday, April 24, 2013.

2013-04-24 00:00:00

The ChamlianArmenian School Choir performs during the annual Armenian genocide commemoration, which took place a the Alex Theatre in Glendale on Thursday, April 24, 2013.

2013-04-24 00:00:00