Honduras: Andrés Pavón Murillo – President of CODEH
26/06/2004
Andrés Pavón Murillo, president of the Comité para la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos en Honduras (CODEH), Committee for the Defence of Human Rights in Honduras, has been subject to intimidation, after he accused the Honduran State of violating human rights, negligence and the denial of justice … [Read more...]
Guatemala: Maria Isabel Escobar and staff at Donde Están Los Niños y Las Niñas?| Letter
08/05/2004
Staff and members of the non-governmental organization Donde están los niños y las niñas? (Where Are The Children?) have been facing increasing threats and violence in recent months. It is feared the increases intimidation are an attempt to prevent the organization from continuing its work … [Read more...]
Ecuador: Pablo Xavier Ortiz-Academic and Adviser of Amazanga Institute Members of the Fundación Pachamama
08/04/2004
The human rights organization Fundación Pachamama received a telephone bomb threat on 6 April. This is the latest in a series of acts of intimidation and threatening phone calls they and the Instituto Amazanga have suffered since February this year. Both organizations have supported the Sarayaku … [Read more...]
Ecuador: Jose Serrano Salgado and other staff at CDES, Economic and Social Rights Centre-Human Rights Organization
03/04/2004
José Serrano Salgado, a member of the Ecuadorian non-governmental organization Centro de Derechos Económicos y Sociales (CDES), Economic and Social Rights Centre, was reportedly threatened with death on 25 April. José Serrano Salgado was travelling in his car on the North-South Road (Vía Norte-Sur), … [Read more...]
Guatemala: THELMA DE LAM, Lawyer
15/03/2004
Thelma de Lam is the Special Prosecutor for Defenders of Human Rights in Guatemala. Ms. Lam was appointed to this position in May 2003. The Guatemalan state has given her unit the mandate to investigate crimes committed against human rights activists. LRWC is concerned about the safety of Ms. Lam, … [Read more...]
Nepal: BAL KRISHNA DEVKOTA, lawyer; DHANANJAY KHANAL, lawyer
26/02/2004
Nepal lawyers Bal Krishna Devkota and Chananjay Khanal were reported to have been arrested at their homes on the evening of February 21st 2004 and were then held incommunicado. Three people in plain clothes, who identified themselves as security forces personnel, reportedly came to Bal Krishna's … [Read more...]
Philippines: JUVY MAGSINO, Human Rights Lawyer; LEIMA FORTU, Volunteer | Letter
18/02/2004
JUVY MAGSINO – Human Rights Lawyer, Chairperson of Mindoro for Justice and Peace, Vice Mayor of Naujan, Mindoro Oriental LEIMA FORTU – Volunteer at Mindoro for Justice and Peace, Acting Secretary General of the Alliance for the Advancement of People’s Rights (KARAPATAN) – Mindoro Oriental At … [Read more...]
Guatemala: Orlando Joaquin Blanco Lapola
04/02/2004
Orlando Joaquin Blanco Lapola, director of Centro Internacional de Investigaciones en Derechos Humanos (“CIIDH”) received abusive telephone calls threatening him with death on January 16 and 30 and again on February 2, 2004. CIIDH is a Guatemalan NGO founded in 1993 to conduct human rights research … [Read more...]
Nepal: DINESH RAJ PRASAIN, Human Rights Defender
19/01/2004
Mr. Dinesh Raj Prasain is the Coordinator of the Collective Campaign for Peace (COCAP), and a leading human rights activist in Nepal . COCAP is a network of 40 community based groups working to rebuild Nepali society in the face of the violent conflict between the Maoist insurgents and the … [Read more...]
Mexico: SAMUEL ALFONSO CASTELLANOS PIÑÓN – Lawyer; BEATRIZ CASAS ARELLANES – Lawyer
26/12/2003
Samuel Alfonso Castellanos Piñón and Beatriz Casas Arellanes are lawyers working with the Oaxaca regional office of Acción de los Cristianos para la Abolición de la Tortura, (ACAT), Christian Action for the Abolition of Torture. In October 2002 the two lawyers officially took over the defence of … [Read more...]
