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IN 2019, AT LEAST
304
DEFENDERS WERE KILLED
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[ 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 ] 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 | |
[ 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 |
Leanid Sudalenka | Europe and Central Asia / Belarus | Judicial abuses | Detention | Civil and Political Rights | Democracy and elections | Male | Lawyer | |
[ 2021-01-19 ] Brazil: Police violence against human rights defenders in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro | ||||||||
Name | Region / country | Alert | nature of alert | field of action | specific field of action | Gender | profile | more |
Tandy Firmino | Americas / Brazil | Repression | Violation of privacy and property | Civil and Political Rights | Minority Rights | Male | NGO/ Grassroots group member | |
[ 2021-01-19 ] Venezuela: Members of humanitarian NGO Azul Positivo formally charged | ||||||||
Name | Region / country | Alert | nature of alert | field of action | specific field of action | Gender | profile | more |
Johan Leon Reyes | Americas / Venezuela | Judicial abuses | Judicial Harassment | Economic, Social & Cultural Rights | Good governance and anticorruption | Male | NGO/ Grassroots group member | |
[ 2021-01-19 ] Venezuela: Members of humanitarian NGO Azul Positivo formally charged | ||||||||
Name | Region / country | Alert | nature of alert | field of action | specific field of action | Gender | profile | more |
Luis Ferrebuz | Americas / Venezuela | Judicial abuses | Judicial Harassment | Economic, Social & Cultural Rights | Good governance and anticorruption | Male | NGO/ Grassroots group member | |