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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.
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Ecuador: Attack on human rights defender, Ms Rosa Etelvina Misacango Chuñirposted on: 2009/04/28

Front Line is deeply concerned following reports of an attack on human rights defender, Ms Rosa Etelvina Misacango Chuñir on 22 April 2009. Rosa Etelvina Misacango Chuñir is a member of the Frente de Mujeres Defensoras de la Pachamama (Women Defenders of the Pachamama Front), an organisation addressing the issue of challenges facing women as a result of mining projects.

Ecuador: Threats against human rights organisation, ASELERposted on: 2009/01/22

Front Line is deeply concerned following information received in relation to threats made against Asesoría y Servicios Legales para Refugiados - ASELER (Legal Advice and Services for Refugees) during the past two weeks. ASELER is a non-governmental organisation based in Quito which provides legal advice and services to refugees and asylum seekers in Ecuador.

Ecuador - Criminal charges, intimidation and defamation against human rights defender Lina Solanoposted on: 2008/11/14

Front Line is deeply concerned following reports of criminal charges, intimidation and defamation against human rights defender Lina Solano. Lina Solano is a founding member of the Popular Peasants Association, a member of the executive committee of the National Co-ordinating Committee for the Defence of Life and Sovereignty (NCCDLS), a member of the Women Defenders of Mother Earth (WDME), and a founding member of the Women’s Latin American Union, a regional network of women defenders of environmental rights.