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Alejandro Laínez García

Court issues arrest warrant against community leaders and environmental defenders of Santa Marta

#Judicial Harassment

#Region: Americas

Miguel Ángel Gámez

Court issues arrest warrant against community leaders and environmental defenders of Santa Marta

#Judicial Harassment

#Region: Americas

Pedro Rivas Laínez

Court issues arrest warrant against community leaders and environmental defenders of Santa Marta

#Judicial Harassment

#Region: Americas

Antonio Pacheco

Court issues arrest warrant against community leaders and environmental defenders of Santa Marta

#Judicial Harassment

#Region: Americas

Saúl Rivas Ortega

Court issues arrest warrant against community leaders and environmental defenders of Santa Marta

#Judicial Harassment

#Region: Americas

Radio Cholollan

New intimidating messages against woman human rights defender Miryam Vargas Teutle

#Smear Campaign

#Other Harassment

#Threats / Intimidation

#Region: Americas

Frente de Pueblos en Defensa de la Tierra y el Agua - Morelos, Puebla y Tlaxcala

New intimidating messages against woman human rights defender Miryam Vargas Teutle

#Smear Campaign

#Other Harassment

#Threats / Intimidation

#Region: Americas

#Region: AmericasHRDs, WHRDS & Organizations

Victoria Nuñez Fernandez

#Region: Americas

Radio Cholollan

#Region: Americas

#Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights

#Region: Americas

#Environmental Rights

Cosme Bolívar Escudero

#Region: Americas

#Environmental Rights

Romualdo Ochoa Aysa

#Region: Americas

#Environmental Rights

Alem Torre Garcés

#Region: Americas

#Environmental Rights

Ronald Bello Abarca

#Region: Americas

#Environmental 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 - Head of Well-being and Resilience

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

Mexico: Smear campaign continues against land and human rights defenders of the Chontal indigenous community El Coyul

Rights

#Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights #Land Rights

Violations

#Defamation #Smear Campaign #Judicial Harassment

Location

#Region: Americas #Mexico

Statement

Court overturn sentences and acquits the eleven indigenous and campesino human rights defenders of Cotabambas criminalised

Rights

#Environmental Rights #Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights

Location

#Region: Americas #Peru

Statement

Peru: Call to apply due process in forthcoming decision on eleven indigenous and campesino human rights defenders criminalised in Cotabambas

Rights

#Environmental Rights #Extractive Industries / Megaprojects #Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights

Violations

#Smear Campaign #Judicial Harassment

Location

#Region: Americas #Peru