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Virginia Laparra awarded Sir Henry Brooke award

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Feb 04, 2025
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A prosecutor who was herself prosecuted and imprisoned for fighting corruption and organised crime in Guatemala was awarded the Sir Henry Brooke Award 2025 in London last night by the Alliance for Lawyers at Risk charity.

The award honours a legal practitioner or human rights defender who, through personal endeavour in the course of his or her practice i…

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