Dozens protest genocide denial in Guatemala

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Dozens of Guatemalan war survivors and human rights activists protested Friday against a congressional resolution that denies there was any attempt to commit genocide during the country’s bloody 36-year civil war.

The protesters lined the facade of the Congress building with black-and-white photographs of the civilians killed or gone missing during the conflict. They carried signs that read “There was genocide … we ask for jail and justice,” and “No to forgetting by decree.”