Pueblos Unidos de la Región Cholulteca y de los Volcanes
The Pueblos Unidos de la Región Cholulteca y de los Volcanes is an organisation made up of 20 Nahua communities of the Puebla valley who have historically advocated against the human rights violations and dispossession caused by the presence and implementation of extractive projects in their territories. As indigenous communities, they place a strong emphasis on self-determination in the way they govern themselves, and strive to exercise this autonomy in the defence of their land and territory.
Human rights defenders (HRDs) and journalists in Mexico are subject to intimidation, legal harassment, arbitrary detention, death threats, acts of physical aggression, enforced disappearances and killings as a result of their activities in defence of human rights and the exercise of freedom of expression and journalism.
