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Comité Municipal de Defensa de los Bienes Comunes y Públicos (CMDBCP)

26 January 2022

New acts of surveillance, harassment and threats against people accompanying and supporting defenders of Guapinol

#Other Harassment

#Threats / Intimidation

#Region: Americas

Jose Vargas Sobrinho Junior photo

José Vargas Sobrinho Junior

14 December 2021

Prison sentence of human rights defender José Vargas Sobrinho Junior upheld

#Judicial Harassment

#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment

#Region: Americas

Threats and Intimidation

12 October 2021

Intimidation and threat of arrest against human rights lawyers Engels Puertas and Juan Carlos Barroeta Rivas

#Threats / Intimidation

#Region: Americas

Maya Ch'orti' Indigenous Council of Olopa

Criminalisation of five defenders of indigenous peoples’ rights defenders in Chiquimula

#Judicial Harassment

#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment

#Region: Americas

Paula Rojas Nieto

8 September 2021

New attacks against WHRD Paula Rojas Nieto and relatives searching for missing persons in Guanajuato

#Raid / Break-in / Theft

#Physical Attack

#Region: Americas

Freddy Alberto Navas López

6 September 2021

Freddy Alberto Navas López formally charged

#Arbitrary detention

#Region: Americas

Movimenta Caxias Collective

Attack and raid on the premises of the Movimenta Caxias Collective

#Raid / Break-in / Theft

#Region: Americas

#Region: AmericasHRDs, WHRDS & Organizations

Felipe Díaz Ramos

#Region: Americas

#Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights

Eliete Paraguassu

#Region: Americas

#Environmental Rights

#Labour Rights / Trade Union

The Federación Nativa del Río Madre de Dios y Afluentes

#Region: Americas

#Environmental Rights

#Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights

José Carlos Rodrigues de Matozs

#Region: Americas

#Environmental Rights

María Esperanza Sánchez García

#Region: Americas

#Civil & Political Rights

#Citizen Participation

#Protests / Assembly

José Carlos Rodrigues de Matos

#Region: Americas

#Civil & Political Rights

María Elena Hernández Hernández

#Region: Americas

#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

Concern at new armed attacks against indigenous communities and prevalence of impunity in the state of Chiapas

Rights

#Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights

Violations

#Enforced Disappearance #Physical Attack

Location

#Region: Americas #Mexico

Statement

Exposed: civil society condemns use of Pegasus in El Salvador to spy on journalists and activists

Rights

#Freedom of Expression

Violations

#Surveillance #Cyber-Attack

Location

#Region: Americas #El Salvador

Statement

Joint Statement on EL SALVADOR: Civil society at risk

Rights

#Civil & Political Rights #Freedom of Association #Freedom of Expression

Violations

#Reprisals #Judicial Harassment

Location

#Region: Americas #El Salvador