Status: Disappeared Ricardo Arturo Lagunes Gasca 19 January 2023Disappearance of HRDs Antonio Díaz Valencia and Ricardo Arturo Lagunes Gasca Violations #Enforced Disappearance Location #Region: Americas #Mexico
Status: Disappeared Antonio Díaz Valencia 19 January 2023Disappearance of HRDs Antonio Díaz Valencia and Ricardo Arturo Lagunes Gasca Violations #Enforced Disappearance Location #Region: Americas #Mexico
Status: On trial Frente de Defensa Salvemos Chaparrí 10 August 2022Upcoming trial of environmental rights defenders who protect Chaparrí Violations #Judicial Harassment #Surveillance #Other Harassment #Physical Attack Location #Region: Americas #Peru
Status: Provisionally released Comité Municipal de Defensa de los Bienes Comunes y Públicos (CMDBCP) 25 July 2022 Provisional release of Guapinol environmental rights defenders ordered Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Americas #Honduras
Status: Released and Acquitted Fredy García 4 July 2022HRD Fredy García Ramírez acquitted of charges Violations #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment #Torture / Ill-Treatment Location #Region: Americas #Mexico
Status: Case Dismissed Delia Adelina Leal Mollinedo 30 June 2022Dismissal of case against WHRD Delia Adelina Leal Mollinedo Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Americas #Guatemala
Status: Killed Javier Campos Morales 24 June 2022Murder of HRDs and Jesuit priests Joaquín César Mora Salazar and Javier Campos Morales Violations #Killing Location #Region: Americas #Mexico
Áry Ojeasojavo Tembiapokatu Location #Region: Americas #Paraguay Rights #Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights #Land Rights
Sofía Espíndola Oviedo Location #Region: Americas #Paraguay Rights #Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights
Áry Ojeasojavo Tembiapokatu Location #Region: Americas #Paraguay Rights #Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights
Ricardo Arturo Lagunes Gasca Location #Region: Americas #Mexico Rights #Extractive Industries / Megaprojects #Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights #Land Rights
Antonio Díaz Valencia Location #Region: Americas #Mexico Rights #Extractive Industries / Megaprojects #Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights #Land Rights
Media Report: Defending Rights in Times of COVID-19: Challenges for Mexico and Central America Rights #Human Rights #Freedom of Expression Violations #COVID-19 Location #Region: Americas
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 #Human Rights Locations #Region: Americas #Brazil
Statement Joint Statement - Honduras: International Forum condemns killings of human rights defenders in Honduras and demands a diligent investigation Rights #Environmental Rights Violations #Killing Location #Region: Americas #Honduras
Statement Concern for the security of members of the Movimiento de Mujeres Dominico-Haitianas in Dominican Republic Rights #Anti-Racism/Discrimination #Human Rights #Minority Rights Violations #Other Harassment #Raid / Break-in / Theft #Threats / Intimidation Location #Region: Americas #Dominican Republic
Statement Joint Statement by Front Line Defenders, SumOfUs and LASC - Violence persists against Indigenous communities claiming their rights in the context of the ongoing conflict with the paper company Smurfit Kappa in Cauca Rights #Extractive Industries / Megaprojects #Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights #Land Rights Location #Region: Americas #Colombia