Tactics and tools for the protection
of Human Rights Defenders

Library

• U.S. Guiding Principles on Non-Governmental Organizations
  20 July 2011 by U.S Department of State
• Briefing paper on human rights defenders in Colombia published by OIDHACO
  6 February 2012 by OIDHACO
• Report by USOC and WOLA: Human Rights during the Juan Manuel Santos administration’s first year in Office
  1 October 2011 by WOLA, USOC

News on defenders

• Raimundo “Cabeça” Alves Borges, land rights defender: murdered close to his home
  20 April 2012 by Front Line
• The IACHR presents in Washington, on March 28, 2012, the “Second Report on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders”
  28 March 2012 by Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
• Peace community of San José de Apartadó victim of human rights violations again
  19 March 2012 by Comunidad de Paz San José de Apartadó
• Several Colombian human rights defenders and NGOs subjected to death threats
  8 March 2012 by Front Line
• Juan Gerardi Human Rights Centre, in north-eastern Mexico, raided by military and police personnel
  2 March 2012 by I save lives - AI Belgique
• Several people, human rights defenders and activists: support the petition for protection for a Colombian community
  25 February 2012 by Amnesty International
• Call for Nominations: 2012 RFK Human Rights Award
  14 February 2012 by RFK Center for Justice and Human Rights
• Fight against the impunity: Avocats Sans Frontières is pleased with the prosecution of former Guatemalan ruler José Efraín Ríos Montt
  12 February 2012 by Avocats sans frontiers - France
• Risk and attacks against women human rights defenders has increased in Mexico
  10 February 2012 by Hans Thoolen on HRD’s
• Br. Ignacio Harding, human rights defender and coordinator of FI-Bolivia: recieves human rights award in Bolivia
  5 February 2012 by Franciscans International
• Vidal Nahaman Cabrera Tuch, human rights defender: shot dead on a minibus
  29 January 2012 by Front Line
• Itsmania Pineda Platero, Honduran human rights defender and blogger: has received death threats by phone and text message
  29 January 2012 by I save lives - AI Belgique
• Launch of report by ISHR entitled “Human Rights Defenders in Colombia: How is the Government protecting their rights?”
  27 January 2012 by International Service for Human Rights -ISHR
• Víctor Martínez, human rights defender: victim of assasination attempt
  27 January 2012 by Front Line
• Gilda Silvestrucci, Hondurian journalist and defender: victim of death threats and harassment
  27 January 2012 by IFEX
• Urge the Nuevo León government (northern Mexico) to promote reforms to criminalize the offence of enforced disappearance
  27 January 2012 by Amnesty International
• Gonzalo Cruz and Father Marco Aurelio Lorenzo, human rights defenders: attacked by police
  15 January 2012 by Front Line
• Several people, members of a subsistence farmers community: victims of death threats
  30 December 2011 by I save lives - AI Belgique
• Article by Frank Mugisha published by the New York Times: “Gay and vilified in Uganda”
  27 December 2011 by RFK Center for Justice and Human Rights
• Ivonne Malleza and Ignacio Martínez, human rights defenders: resume their hunger strikes in protest at their continued detention
  18 December 2011 by Front Line
• Andres Pavón and Cesar Adin Barraza, human rights defenders: threatened
  18 December 2011 by I save lives - AI Belgique
• Preliminary Report: International Verification Mission on the Situation of the Defence of Human Rights in Colombia
  16 December 2011 by Protection International, Protection Desk Colombia
• Sonia Pierre, Dominican human rights defender: WOLA laments her death
  10 December 2011 by WOLA
• Declaration on the death threats sent to NGOs and HRDs in Barrancabermeja
  8 December 2011 by Several NGOs
• Sonia Pierre, Dominican human rights defender: sadly passed away on the 4th of Decembre 2011
  6 December 2011 by CEJIL
• Reyna Ramírez and Rodrigo Santiago, human rights defenders: receive new death threats
  4 December 2011 by I save lives - AI Belgique
• Open letter from the “Center for Constitutional Rights” to the Colombian President regarding the Mapiripán massacre
  20 November 2011 by Colectivo de abogados “José Alvear Restrepo”
• Six members of the “Comité Cerezo”, human rights defenders: have received threats by email
  20 November 2011 by I save lives - AI Belgique
• Arnulfo Aguilar and Luis Galdamez, journalists granted precautionary measures by the IACHR: receive death threats again
  15 November 2011 by IFEX
• Several people, members of the NGO “Comité Cerezo”: victims of death threats
  13 November 2011 by Front Line
• Lucia Carolina Escobar Mejía, journalist and human rights defender: victim of threats and intimidation
  6 November 2011 by Front Line
• The IACHR strongly rejects the statement made by high-level representatives of the State of Colombia expressing concern over the credibility of the inter-American human rights system
  2 November 2011 by Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
• Adolfo Guzmán Ordaz, mexican human rights defender: victim of death threats
  29 October 2011 by Front Line
• Sonia Pierre, human rights defender: campaign of threats and misinformation launched by Dominican media againts her
  12 October 2011 by RFK Center for Justice and Human Rights
• Bolivian authorities should ensure a prompt, thorough, and impartial investigation of abuses by police against indigenous protesters
  7 October 2011 by Human Rights Watch
• Claudia Julieta Duque, journalist and human rights defender: the Colombian Military Intelligence Department was planning attacks against her
  28 September 2011 by Front Line
• ACSN concerned for the safety of Afro-Colombian and indigenous communities in Cacarica
  25 September 2011 by WOLA
• Fray Tomás González, migrant rights defender: receives threats for his work
  22 September 2011 by WOLA
• Frank Mugisha, Ugandan LGBTI activist: chosen to receive the prestigious Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award
  18 September 2011 by RFK Center for Justice and Human Rights
• Take action to protect human rights defenders in Colombia
  14 September 2011 by WOLA
• Príncipe Gabriel González Arango, human rights defender: trump-up charges get him arrested
  13 September 2011 by Front Line
• Several people, human rights defenders: victims of intimidation, harassment and persecution
  8 September 2011 by Front Line
• Humberto Prado, human rights defender: is not being granted protection measures by the government
  8 September 2011 by Human Rights Watch
• Principe Gabriel González, human rights defender: arrested to serve seven years imprisonment on fabricated charges
  8 September 2011 by Human Rights First
• José Alexander Fandiño, human rights defender: has not been granted appropiate protection measures
  26 August 2011 by Front Line
• Lack of political protection measures in Colombia contributes to wide spread impunity and stigmatisation in the country
  24 August 2011 by PBI Colombia
• Fredy Peccerelli, José Samuel Suasnavar, Leonel Estuardo Paiz and Omar Bertoni, forensic anthropology experts: receive death threats after testifying at a trial over an army massacre
  24 August 2011 by Amnesty International

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