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India: Human rights defender and trade union leader Mr Murali Mohan beaten to death by policeposted on: 2012/02/07

On 27 January 2012, human rights defender and trade union leader Mr Murali Mohan was beaten to death by police officers outside the Regency Ceramics Limited factory in Yanam, Andhra Pradesh State.

Malaysia: Police ban event on sexuality rightsposted on: 2011/11/10

On 2 November 2011, the Royal Malaysia Police declared a ban on an event planned by Seksualiti Merdeka (SM), which aims to celebrate sexual diversity and disseminate information to the public on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) rights through art and public talks.

India: Police raid the home of human rights defender Ms Kavita Srivastavaposted on: 2011/10/12

On 3 October 2011, the home of human rights defender Ms Kavita Srivastava in Jaipur city, Rajasthan state was raided by sixty police officers from the states of Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan.

Ecuador: Human rights defenders Mr Manuel Peláez and Ms Rosario López summoned by policeposted on: 2011/05/06

On 2 May 2011 human rights defenders Mr Manuel Peláez and Ms Rosario López were summoned to the police station of Limón, in the province of Morona Santiago, Ecuador. Manuel Peláez and Rosaria López are respectively director and member of the Associación Campesinos de Limón Indanza – ACLI (Peasants' Association of Limón Indanza), which is a member organisation of the Coordinadora Nacional por la Defensa de la Vida y la Soberanía - CNDVS (National Co-ordinating Committee for the Defence of Life and Sovereignty.

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On 2 May 2011 Manuel Peláez and Rosario López received a summons to the police station in order to respond to allegations that they had been involved in the disappearance of a sign relating to a community meeting that took place on 25 April 2011 in San Miguel de Conchay. The sign in question had been put up by the Chino-Canadian mining corporation Corriente Resources, affiliated to Explorcobres-EXSA, that is stationed there. EXSA has reportedly set up an organisation called Nuevos Horizontes (New Horizons) which purports to make agreements on behalf of the whole community.

Mexico - Death threats against human rights defender Mr Adolfo Guzmán Ordazposted on: 2009/12/23

On 14 December 2009, human rights defender Mr Adolfo Guzmán Ordaz received a death threat at his home in Comitán de Comínguez, Chiapas. The threat came two days before he was due to testify at a hearing in order to identify a police officer who took part in a raid of his home. Adolfo Guzmán Ordaz is a member of the organisation “Connect, Communication and Training” (Enlace, Comunicación y Capacitación – Enlace CC). Enlace CC is a civil organisation with bases in Chiapas which works for sustainable development for indigenous people and rural workers in central and southern Mexico, incorporating human rights and gender equality as its guiding principles.

Zimbabwe: Police raid office of election observers; staff in hidingposted on: 2008/04/25

Amnesty International has just received information that at about 10am (local time), five police officers from the Zimbabwe Republic Police’s Criminal Investigations Department (CID) raided the offices of the Zimbabwe Elections Support Network (ZESN) in Harare.