Available in

#Region: Americas

#Region: Americas

Region: AmericasCases

Provisionally released

Comité Municipal de Defensa de los Bienes Comunes y Públicos (CMDBCP)

Provisional release of Guapinol environmental rights defenders ordered

#Judicial Harassment

#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment

#Region: Americas

Released and Acquitted

Fredy Garcia

HRD Fredy García Ramírez acquitted of charges

#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment

#Torture / Ill-Treatment

#Region: Americas

Delia Adelina Leal Mollinedo

Delia Adelina Leal Mollinedo

Dismissal of case against WHRD Delia Adelina Leal Mollinedo

#Judicial Harassment

#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment

#Region: Americas

Javier Campos Morales

Javier Campos Morales

Murder of HRDs and Jesuit priests Joaquín César Mora Salazar and Javier Campos Morales

#Region: Americas

Joaquín César Mora Salazar

Joaquín César Mora Salazar

Murder of HRDs and Jesuit priests Joaquín César Mora Salazar and Javier Campos Morales

#Region: Americas

Leonidas Iza Salazar

Leonidas Iza Salazar

Arbitrary detention and criminalization of indigenous defender Leonidas Iza Salazar in the context of national peaceful protests

#Judicial Harassment

#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment

#Region: Americas

Manuel Santiz Cruz

Arbitrary arrest of Tseltal human rights defender Manuel Santiz Cruz

#Arbitrary detention

#Region: Americas

#Region: AmericasHRDs, WHRDS & Organizations

Milena Quiroz Jiménez

#Region: Americas

#Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights

La Red en Defensa del Agua y la Vida (REDAVI)

#Region: Americas

#Environmental Rights

Pedro Josse Velasco Tumiña

#Region: Americas

#Extractive Industries / Megaprojects

#Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights

Joaquín César Mora Salazar

#Region: Americas

#Minority Rights

#Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights

Javier Campos Morales

#Region: Americas

#Minority Rights

#Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights

Leonidas Iza Salazar

#Region: Americas

#Environmental Rights

#Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights

Manuel Santiz Cruz

#Region: Americas

#Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights

Media

Report: Defending Rights in Times of COVID-19: Challenges for Mexico and Central America

Rights

#Human Rights #Freedom of Expression

Violations

Location

#Region: Americas

Media

UPR Bolivia 2019

Location

#Region: Americas #Bolivia

Media

UPR El Salvador 2019

Location

#Region: Americas #El Salvador

Blog

27 May 2021 by Michelle Foley

Brazil: Impunity fuels the cycle of violence against land and environmental rights defenders in the state of Pará, Amazon region

Rights

#Impunity / Justice

Violations

#Judicial Harassment #Killing

Locations

#Region: Americas #Brazil

21 May 2021 by Pâmella Passos

Listening in tongues: an invitation from a Brazilian defender

Rights

Locations

#Region: Americas #Brazil

Statement

Joint Statement - Colombia: Over 2,000 Days of Criminalisation and Persecution Against Milena Quiroz Jiménez, Woman Human Rights Defender in the Region of Sur de Bolívar, Colombia

Rights

#Human Rights #Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights

Violations

#Judicial Harassment

Location

#Region: Americas #Colombia

Statement

Statement - Guatemala: Concern at the Violence and Continued Lack of Protection of Land and Territory Defenders of the Maya Q’eqchi’ Region in Alta Verapaz

Rights

#Environmental Rights #Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights #Land Rights

Violations

#Defamation #Killing #Threats / Intimidation

Location

#Region: Americas #Guatemala

Statement

Criminalisation of Father Marcelo Perez Perez, Parish Priest of the Diocese of San Cristobal de Las Casas

Rights

#Peacebuilding #Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights

Violations

#Judicial Harassment

Location

#Region: Americas #Mexico