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Hortensia Telesforo Jiménez

6 September 2024

Mexico: Woman human rights defender Hortensia Telesforo Jiménez attacked during protest

#Physical Attack

#Region: Americas

Under House Arrest

Saúl Rivas Ortega

Five community leaders and environmental rights defenders of the Santa Marta community under house arrest

#Judicial Harassment

#Region: Americas

Under House Arrest

Antonio Pacheco

Five community leaders and environmental rights defenders of the Santa Marta community under house arrest

#Judicial Harassment

#Region: Americas

Under House Arrest

Pedro Rivas Laínez

Five community leaders and environmental rights defenders of the Santa Marta community under house arrest

#Judicial Harassment

#Region: Americas

Under House Arrest

Miguel Ángel Gámez

Five community leaders and environmental rights defenders of the Santa Marta community under house arrest

#Judicial Harassment

#Region: Americas

Under House Arrest

Alejandro Laínez García

Five community leaders and environmental rights defenders of the Santa Marta community under house arrest

#Judicial Harassment

#Region: Americas

Saúl Rosales Meléndez

Sentence upheld against nahua indigenous leader Saúl Rosales Meléndez

#Judicial Harassment

#Region: Americas

#Region: AmericasHRDs, WHRDS & Organizations

Hortensia Telesforo Jiménez

#Region: Americas

#Environmental Rights

Martín Pérez Domínguez

#Region: Americas

#Environmental Rights

#Extractive Industries / Megaprojects

#Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights

Agustín Pérez Velasco

#Region: Americas

#Environmental Rights

#Extractive Industries / Megaprojects

#Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights

Agustín Pérez Domínguez

#Region: Americas

#Environmental Rights

#Extractive Industries / Megaprojects

#Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights

Juan Velasco Aguilar

#Region: Americas

#Environmental Rights

#Extractive Industries / Megaprojects

#Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights

#Region: Americas

#Student Rights / Education

#Environmental Rights

#பாலினம் / பெண்கள் உரிமைகள்

#Access to Healthcare

#Extractive Industries / Megaprojects

#Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights

Tomás Martínez Mandujano

#Region: Americas

#Environmental Rights

#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 - Interim Head of RAPP and Capacity Building

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

Organisations demand justice in criminalization case against Rigoberto Juárez, ancestral authority and environmental and human rights defender of Guatemala

Rights

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

Violations

#Reprisals #Judicial Harassment

Location

#Region: Americas #Guatemala

Statement

First case related to the biggest burial pit found in Guanajuato is about to be solved; the State Judiciary has the possibility to guarantee justice to the Barajas Piña family

Rights

#Enforced Disappearances

Violations

#Enforced Disappearance

Location

#Region: Americas #Mexico

Statement

After 14 years of his arbitrary detention, international, Mexican and Oaxacan organizations demand the immediate release of forest human rights defender Pablo López Alavez

Rights

#Environmental Rights #Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights

Violations

#Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment

Location

#Region: Americas #Mexico