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#Region: Americas

#Region: Americas

Region: AmericasCases

Detained & On Trial

Delia Adelina Leal Mollinedo

Delia Adelina Leal Mollinedo

13 January 2021

WHRD Delia Adelina Leal Mollinedo Charged

#Judicial Harassment

#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment

#Region: Americas

Jose Vargas Sobrinho Junior photo

José Vargas Sobrinho Junior

Human rights lawyer José Vargas Sobrinho Junior detained

#Judicial Harassment

#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment

#Region: Americas

LasTesis

LasTesis Collective

Dismissal of Case Against LasTesis

#Judicial Harassment

#Region: Americas

Judicial Harassment

Vannesa Rosales

23 December 2020

Judicial harassment against WHRD Vannesa Rosales

#Judicial Harassment

#Region: Americas

22 December 2020

Cyber attack against LGBTQ+ rights organisation Casa Chama

#Region: Americas

Arbitrarily Detained

Víctor Vásquez

18 December 2020

HRD Víctor Vásquez arbitrarily detained

#Arbitrary detention

#Region: Americas

Arbitrarily Detained

Teófilo Acuña

17 December 2020

Arbitrary detention against peasant HRD Teófilo Acuña

#Arbitrary detention

#Region: Americas

Blog

3 July 2020 by Atziri Ávila López

A chronicle of my quarantine experience in Ireland

Rights

#Gender/Women's Rights #Impunity / Justice #Journalism

Violations

#Reprisals #Violence #Killing

Locations

#Region: Americas #Mexico

12 December 2019 by Andreia Silverio

Reflecting on Human Rights in one of the Most Dangerous Regions of Brazil

Rights

Violations

Locations

#Region: Americas #Brazil

Statement

Police violence against human rights defenders in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro

Rights

#Torture / Police Brutality #Housing Rights / Forced Evictions

Violations

#Violence #Physical Attack

Location

#Region: Americas #Brazil

Statement

WHRD Jane Beatriz da Silva Nunes killed in Brazil

Rights

#Gender/Women's Rights #Minority Rights

Violations

Location

#Region: Americas #Brazil

Statement

Restart of operations of the Morelos Integral Project violates the rights of towns and ejidos and puts defenders at risk

Rights

#Environmental Rights #Extractive Industries / Megaprojects #Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights #Land Rights

Violations

#Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment #Other Harassment #Killing #Threats / Intimidation

Location

#Region: Americas #Mexico