The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute on Monday strongly condemned what it described as purported assaults on the independence of the legal profession and the ongoing deterioration of the rule of law in Guatemala.

Incidents of Guatemalan judges and prosecutors being dismissed, harassed, intimidated, arrested, judicially persecuted and forced to resign are being recorded with increased frequency, the institute said.

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