The genocide trial of former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt has been put on hold, after the judge in the case refused to follow another judge's ruling that the case should be retried. 

Rios Montt is accused of overseeing the deaths of over 1,700 indigenous Mayans during Guatemala's civil war. His trial had been proceeding smoothly until an appeals court halted the proceedings.

Here with more is Rachel Levin, a reporter with Al-Jazeera and has been covering the trial in Guatemala.