Available in

#Region: Americas

#Region: Americas

Region: AmericasCases

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

New death threat and attack

Guillermo Pérez Rangel

Lack of protection after new death threat and attack against HRD Guillermo Pérez Rangel

#Physical Attack

#Region: Americas

#Region: AmericasHRDs, WHRDS & Organizations

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

Javier and María del Tránsito

#Region: Americas

#Enforced Disappearances

#Civil & Political Rights

#Freedom of Association

Miryam Vargas Teutle

#Region: Americas

#Extractive Industries / Megaprojects

#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

Statement - Mexico: Concern Over Harassment and Arbitrary Detentions against Human Rights Defenders and Environmentalists in Querétaro

Rights

#Environmental Rights

Violations

#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment #Other Harassment

Location

#Region: Americas #Mexico

Statement

Joint Statement: International Organisations Identify Repeated Lack of Protection for LGBTI+ Human Rights Defenders in the Face of Further Increase in Number of Attacks

Rights

Violations

#Attempted Killing/Assassination #Killing #Physical Attack #Threats / Intimidation

Location

#Region: Americas #Honduras

Statement

Concern regarding the possible criminalisation of human rights defenders accused by Energy & Palma in Ecuador

Rights

#Environmental Rights #Human Rights #Impunity / Justice

Violations

#Judicial Harassment

Location

#Region: Americas #Ecuador