UA: 42/12 Index: AMR 23/008/2012 Issue Date: 8 February 2012

A man from the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó, Jesús Emilio Tuberquia, was shot at by two paramilitaries in the northern town of Apartadó on 4 February. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 28/12 Index: AMR 37/002/2012 Issue Date: 26 January 2012

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Honduran journalist Gilda Silvestrucci has received death threats by phone. In recent weeks she has been campaigning for justice for Honduran journalists who have been threatened, attacked or killed as a consequence of their work, often exposing human rights violations. Her safety could be at risk. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 22/12 Index: AMR 37/001/2012 Issue Date: 24 January 2012

PLEASE SEND APPEALS BEFORE 6 MARCH 2012.
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A Honduran human rights defender and blogger, based in the capital, Tegucigalpa, has received death threats by phone and text message. Her life could be at risk. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 18/12 Index: AMR 23/003/2012 Issue Date: 20 January 2012

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Orlando Verbel Rocha's life is in danger. A threat was made against him through the daughter of his deceased brother, Eder Verbel Rocha, who was killed by paramilitaries on 23 March 2011, in San Onofre Municipality, northern Colombia. Orlando Verbel Rocha survived the attack in which his brother was killed. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 350/11 Index: ASA 20/049/2011 Issue Date: 6 December 2011

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A community medical doctor from Tamil Nadu in southern India, Dr V Pugazhendhi, is facing detention without charge and trial and death threats from the police, because he has warned people of the harmful health impacts of radiation from nuclear installations. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 349/11 Index: AMR 41/080/2011 Issue Date: 5 December 2011

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Human rights defender Norma Esther Andrade was shot by an unknown gunman at her home in Chihuhua state, northern Mexico on 2 December. There are grave fears for her security, and that of her family and colleagues. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further Information on UA: 285/11 Index: AMR 41/062/2011 Issue Date: 4 October 2011

PLEASE SEND APPEALS BEFORE 15 NOVEMBER 2011.
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Following the disappearance of eight members of the Muñoz family by six armed men in Chihuahua state, Mexico, their family have received threatening telephone calls. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 261/11 Index: AMR 34/011/2011 Issue Date: 30 August 2011

PLEASE SEND APPEALS BEFORE 11 OCTOBER 2011. Please check with your section office if sending appeals after the above date.

Staff at the Centre for Environmental, Social and Legal Action (Centro de Acción Legal, Ambiental y Social de Guatemala – CALAS) have received death threats. In recent months, CALAS have been promoting a public campaign against corruption and the building of a gas plant in a nature reserve. Their staff are all in danger. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 143/11 Index: AMR 23/015/2011 Issue Date: 18 May 2011

On 13 May, information documenting human rights abuses was stolen from the home of Danilo Rueda, a Colombian human rights defender. He is a member of the organization Inter-Church Commission of Justice and Peace, whose members have previously received death threats. [ Lire la suite » ]

FU UA: 97/11 Index: AMR 41/024/2011 Issue Date: 04 May 2011

Migrants’ Rights Defenders working at the Beato Juan Bautista Scalabrini Migrants’ Rights Centre in Tamaulipas state, northern Mexico, are at risk of further attacks and kidnapping following a threatening phone call. Their lives are at risk. [ Lire la suite » ]