#Region: Americas

#Region: Americas

Region: AmericasCases

Asamblea General Permanente del Pueblo de San Gregorio Atlapulco

Mexico: New attacks against woman human rights defender Hortensia Telésforo Jiménez and members of the Asamblea General Permanente del Pueblo de San Gregorio Atlapulco

#Other Harassment

#Physical Attack

#Threats / Intimidation

#Region: Americas

Hortensia Telesforo Jiménez

Mexico: New attacks against woman human rights defender Hortensia Telésforo Jiménez and members of the Asamblea General Permanente del Pueblo de San Gregorio Atlapulco

#Other Harassment

#Physical Attack

#Threats / Intimidation

#Region: Americas

Financial harassment

David Fajardo Torres

Ecuador: Unfair legal procedures and repeated account freezing of human rights and nature defender David Fajardo Torres

#Judicial Harassment

#Threats / Intimidation

#Region: Americas

Escalation of threats

Rolando Silva Andrade

Mexico: Escalation of threats against the Agua Fría Community in Michoacán and human rights defender Rolando Silva Andrade

#Enforced Disappearance

#Threats / Intimidation

#Region: Americas

Escalation of threats

Agua Fría Community

Mexico: Escalation of threats against the Agua Fría Community in Michoacán and human rights defender Rolando Silva Andrade

#Enforced Disappearance

#Threats / Intimidation

#Region: Americas

Ongoing criminalisation

Fabián Antúnez Camacho

16 February 2026

Peru: Ongoing criminalisation of Asháninka human rights defender Fabián Antúnez

#Enforced Disappearance

#Judicial Harassment

#Region: Americas

28 November 2025

Firearm attack on COPINH facilities

#Region: Americas

#Region: AmericasHRDs, WHRDS & Organizations

Asamblea General Permanente del Pueblo de San Gregorio Atlapulco

#Region: Americas

#Environmental Rights

#Protests / Assembly

#Self-Determination

#Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights

Condega Women Builders Association in Nicaragua

#Region: Americas

#Gender/Women's Rights

#Region: Americas

#Environmental Rights

#Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights

David Fajardo Torres

#Region: Americas

#Environmental Rights

Cabildo por el Agua de Cuenca

#Region: Americas

#Environmental Rights

#Region: Americas

#Environmental Rights

#Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights

Alexandra Narváez Umenda

#Region: Americas

#Environmental Rights

#Economic, Social & Cultural Rights

#Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights

Media

Report: Defending Rights in Times of COVID-19: Challenges for Mexico and Central America

Rights

#Freedom of Expression #Human Rights

Violations

Location

#Region: Americas

Media

UPR Bolivia 2019

Location

#Bolivia #Region: Americas

Media

UPR El Salvador 2019

Location

#El Salvador #Region: Americas

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

#Brazil #Region: Americas

21 May 2021 by Pâmella Passos

Listening in tongues: an invitation from a Brazilian defender

Rights

Locations

#Brazil #Region: Americas

Statement

Andrea Bolaños Vargas appointed UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders

Rights

Location

#Colombia #Region: Americas

Statement

Mexico - Joint Statement: Two years on from the disappearance of José Gabriel Pelayo, we demand truth, justice, and urgent protection for the Sierra-Costa region of Michoacán

Rights

#Enforced Disappearances #Environmental Rights #Impunity / Justice

Violations

#Enforced Disappearance

Location

#Mexico #Region: Americas

Statement

Ecuador: International organisations warn of a rapid deterioration of human rights

Rights

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

Violations

#Judicial Harassment #Surveillance

Location

#Ecuador #Region: Americas