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Save Chaparri Defense Front

Frente de Defensa Salvemos Chaparrí

Upcoming trial of environmental rights defenders who protect Chaparrí

#Judicial Harassment

#Other Harassment

#Physical Attack

#Region: Americas

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

#Region: AmericasHRDs, WHRDS & Organizations

Carmen Valeria Escobar Castillo

#Region: Americas

#Access to Healthcare

Mary Acosta Pinilla

#Region: Americas

#Environmental Rights

#Extractive Industries / Megaprojects

#Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights

Zoán Tanís Dávila Roldán

#Region: Americas

#Anti-Racism/Discrimination

#Gender/Women's Rights

#Impunity / Justice

Nairovi Castillo

#Region: Americas

#Dominican Republic

#Gender/Women's Rights

Antigua and Barbuda

#Region: Americas

#Environmental Rights

#Region: Americas

Eva Melgar Pociabos

#Region: Americas

#Gender/Women's Rights

#Children's 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

22 environmental and human rights defenders facing charges for visiting contested luxury tourism construction site – serious concerns over legal intimidation

Rights

#Environmental Rights #Land Rights

Violations

#Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment

Location

Antigua and Barbuda #Region: Americas

Statement

The life and integrity of Amuzga indigenous human rights defender Kenia Hernández is at risk, her transfer to another prison and her early release are urgent matters.

Rights

#Civil & Political Rights #Minority Rights #Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights

Violations

#Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment #Torture / Ill-Treatment

Location

#Region: Americas #Mexico

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