"A group of 10 international organizations submitted an amicus curiae brief to Guatemala’s Supreme Court in the case of journalist José Rubén Zamora Marroquín. The brief, filed on March 26, argues that Zamora’s return to preventive detention constitutes a violation of his fundamental rights under Guatemalan and international law, and urges the Court to grant a pending amparo appeal and allow Zamora to return to house arrest.
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The amicus brief, filed in support of the amparo, urges the Court to maintain the criteria of the lower court that determined Zamora’s trial could move forward under alternative measures, 'without the need to remain in pretrial detention.' It states that 'not granting [the] amparo in favor of Mr. José Rubén Zamora Marroquín would constitute a serious violation of his rights under international standards.'
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In the brief, the signatory organizations cite the May 2024 opinion of the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention on Zamora’s case. The Working Group determined that Zamora’s ongoing imprisonment constituted arbitrary detention and violated multiple international human rights standards and called on the Guatemalan government to 'remedy Mr. Zamora’s situation without delay and bring it into compliance with relevant international standards.'"
