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Mexico: MARIO CÉSAR ESCOBEDO ANAYA – lawyer
31/03/2002
Mario César Escobedo Anaya, a 29-year-old defense lawyer in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico was killed in a police chase on February 5, 2002. At the time of the shooting Escobedo Anaya was the defense lawyer for Gustavo Gonzalaz Meza, one of two men accused of murdering eleven women in Ciudad Juárez. The … [Read more...]
Guatemala: OVIDIO PAZ BAL
31/03/2002
Mr. Bal is the Legal Advisor of the Solola branch of the organization Defensoria Indigena (Indigenous Defence). The threats against Mr. Balm made in January 2002,('we are going to kill you, we are going to kill you') were believed to have been made by individuals or groups seeking to hinder the work … [Read more...]
Brazil: Maria Aparecida Denadai, Lawyer
07/02/2002
Maria Aparecida Denadai, a lawyer working in the state of Espirito Santo, near Rio de Janeiro, has received death threats. The threats may be linked to the killing of her brother Marcelo Denadai, also a lawyer, on 15 April 2002. Mr. Denadai was killed as he was preparing to reveal evidence on … [Read more...]
Guatemala: Iris Yassmin Barrios, Judge, and Conchita Mazariegos, Judge
01/12/2001
On March 22nd, 2001 two grenades were thrown in the yard of Judge Iris Yassmin Barrios. On March 24th, 2001 shots were fired at the door of Judge Conchita Mazariegos' home after she received threatening phone calls. These women are senior judges involved in a case involving members of Guatemala's … [Read more...]
DR. ROBERTO CORIA, DR. LINDOLFO BERTINAT, DR. VILDOR GARAVELLI, MATHILDE BRUERA
20/10/2001
In October and July 2000, Dr. Roberto Coria of Los Juicios por la Verdad, Dr. Lindolfo Bertinat, Dr. Vildor Garavelli, Mathilde Bruera and Daniel Luna all of Rosario Sante F?were subjected to letter bombs, office break-ins, threats and assaults. Many of these lawyers are directors of human rights … [Read more...]
DANIEL LUNA – Lawyer
20/10/2001
In October and July 2000, Dr. Roberto Coria of Los Juicios por la Verdad, Dr. Lindolfo Bertinat, Dr. Vildor Garavelli, Mathilde Bruera and Daniel Luna, all of Rosario Sante F?were subjected to letter bombs, office break-ins, threats and assaults. Many of these lawyers are directors of human rights … [Read more...]
MARIA DOLORES GOMEZ – Lawyer
20/09/2001
LRWC received information from the Argentine human rights group, Centre for Social and Legal Studies (Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales (CELS)) and the Centre for Justice and International Rights (Centro por la Justicia y el Derecho Internacional (CEJIL)), that an application had been made to … [Read more...]
Singapore: Defamation in Singapore: In the Matter of J.B. Jeyaretnam
24/07/2001
Singapore: Defamation in Singapore: In the Matter of J.B. Jeyaretnam by Howard Rubin and Gail Davidson … [Read more...]
