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IN 2019, AT LEAST
304
DEFENDERS WERE KILLED
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[ 2021-01-26 ] México: Asesinato del defensor medioambiental Fidel Heras Cruz | ||||||||
Name | Region / country | Alert | nature of alert | field of action | specific field of action | Gender | profile | more |
Fidel Heras Cruz | Americas / Mexico | Killing | Killing | Economic, Social & Cultural Rights | Land and Environmental Rights | Male | NGO/ Grassroots group member | |
[ 2021-01-25 ] Democratic Republic of Congo: arbitrary arrest and detention of woman human rights defender Sinzeri Nabeza Jolie | ||||||||
Name | Region / country | Alert | nature of alert | field of action | specific field of action | Gender | profile | more |
Sinzeri Nabeza Jolie | Africa / Congo - Kinshasa | Judicial abuses | Detention | Civil and Political Rights | Minority Rights | Female | NGO/ Grassroots group member | |
[ 2021-01-25 ] Tunis: human rights defender Ahmed Ghram detained | ||||||||
Name | Region / country | Alert | nature of alert | field of action | specific field of action | Gender | profile | more |
Ahmed Ghram | Middle East and North Africa / Tunisia | Judicial abuses | Detention | Civil and Political Rights | Good governance and anticorruption | Male | NGO/ Grassroots group member | |
[ 2021-01-20 ] Perú: Seguimiento y vigilancia de Elita Yopla Herrera y César Estrada Chuquilín | ||||||||
Name | Region / country | Alert | nature of alert | field of action | specific field of action | Gender | profile | more |
Elita Yopla Herrera | Americas / Peru | Intimidation | Threats or Harassment | Civil and Political Rights | Female | NGO/ Grassroots group member | ||
[ 2021-01-20 ] Vietnam: Woman human rights defender Đinh Thị Thu Thủy charged and sentenced | ||||||||
Name | Region / country | Alert | nature of alert | field of action | specific field of action | Gender | profile | more |
Đinh Thị Thu Thủy | Asia & the Pacific / Vietnam | Judicial abuses | Judicial Harassment | Economic, Social & Cultural Rights | Freedom of expression | Female | Activist | |
[ 2021-01-20 ] Belarus: Arbitrary detention of Viasna members Leanid Sudalenka and Maria Tarasenka | ||||||||
Name | Region / country | Alert | nature of alert | field of action | specific field of action | Gender | profile | more |
Maria Tarasenka | Europe and Central Asia / Belarus | Judicial abuses | Detention | Civil and Political Rights | Democracy and elections | Female | NGO/ Grassroots group member | |