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In Colombia, indigenous groups are often defenders of their territories despite multiple threats and risks. Armed conflict, dispossession of land and the expansion of economic interests have put at risk not only their continued life and presence in their territories, but also their cultural and ...
Publicado el 8 de octubre de 2025 15:18
On 6 August, a judge in the Federal Criminal Justice Court in the Mexican state of Chiapas handed out a 20-year prison sentence against Edgar “M” for the aggravated homicide of human rights defender Marcelo Pérez Pérez. The investigations were carried out by the Office of the Attorney General of...
Publicado el 18 de septiembre de 2025 16:52
We, the undersigned organisations, express our deep concern for the shrinking civic space in Chiapas, Mexico, due to the deteriorating conditions for the defence of human rights. We urgently call on the Mexican State to fulfil its obligation to protect and publicly support human rights defenders...
Publicado el 22 de agosto de 2025 15:36
Dear Sirs and Madams, We are writing to express our concern for the five unjustly detained Tzeltal human rights defenders Manuel Santiz Cruz, Agustín Pérez Domínguez, Juan Velasco Aguilar, Martín Pérez Domínguez and Agustín Pérez Velasco, who were arbitrarily detained in 2022 and who have since b...
Publicado el 21 de agosto de 2025 16:57
Criminalisation against Father Marcelo Perez Perez, Parish Priest of the Diocese of San Cristobal de Las Casas The undersigned organisations express their deep concern at the attempted criminalisation of Father Marcelo Pérez Pérez, parish priest of the Diocese of San Cr...
Publicado el 20 de julio de 2022 22:20
Estimadas Señoras y Señores, Nos dirigimos a ustedes con el fin de expresar nuestra preocupación por la situación de los cinco defensores tzeltales criminalizados Manuel Santiz Cruz, Agustín, Pérez Domínguez, Juan Velasco Aguilar, Martín Pérez Domínguez y Agustín Pérez Velasco, arbitrariam...
Publicado el 24 de julio de 2025 15:53