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In a major victory for human righ activists, a former Guatemalan Police chief has been found guilty for ordering the Spanish Embassy to be set on fire in 1980. 37 peasant activists and student organizers died in the fire. We will speak to Nobel Peace Prizewinner Rigoberta Menchu. Her father died in the massacre. We have been denied the truth for 35responsibility for mr. Garcia is clear and also that of all of the people that remained in the hearing, many of whom have already died, but also responsibility of the state. I think this is what makes us the most happy and due process makes us happy, too, because we have the patience to reach this moment and we are really excited. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Islamic state militants have posted a new video threatening to execute two japanese hostages. The militants demanded japan pay a 200 million ransom without 72 within 72 hours, the same amount Prime M
Then to ferguson as the Justice Department is reportedly set to clear officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown. And a major decision, the Supreme Court sides with whistleblowers in the case of a federal air marshal who exposed a plan to cut back on security on international flights. And we will hear why jill journalist Barrett Brown has been sentenced to five years in prison related to the hacking of the private Intelligence Firm stratfor im a witch exposed how the firm spied on activists on behalf of corporations. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Yemen is facing political collapse following the mass resignations of president Abdu Rabbu Mansour hadi, his Prime Minister and entire cabinet. Thursdays exodus came just hours after shia Houthi Rebels stormed the president ial compound in the capital city of sanaa. Hadi said he could not continue in office after houthis allegedly broke a pe
Has been abducted. Will the Yemeni Government be overthrown in a coup . We will speak to journalists iona craig and Jeremy Scahill. Then to guatemala. In a major victory for human righ activists, a former Guatemalan Police chief has been found guilty for ordering the Spanish Embassy to be set on fire in 1980. 37 peasant activists and student organizers died in the fire. We will speak to Nobel Peace Prizewinner Rigoberta Menchu. Her father died in the massacre. We have been denied the truth for 35 years and today, the responsibility for mr. Garcia is clear and also that of all of the people that remained in the hearing, many of whom have already died, but also responsibility of the state. I think this is what makes us the most happy and due process makes us happy, too, because we have the patience to reach this moment and we are really excited. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Islamic state militants ha