Tracking cases that protect freedom of expression, association, and assembly
Status: On-going
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The criminalization of Ugandans protesting the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP)
These cases concern violations of the freedom of assembly and the freedom of expression in Uganda, where environmental defenders protesting the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) have faced criminal charges for peacefully demonstrating against the project.
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Carlos Choc Case
Carlos Choc is a Mayan community journalist who has faced constant criminalization since 2017, as a result of his work documenting and investigating environmental rights violations. There is one on-going criminal proceeding against Mr. Choc.
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Schirlei Alves Case
Schirlei Alves is journalist targeted with six different lawsuits because she published a newspaper article denouncing the Brazilian justice system’s institutional violence and revictimization against Mariana Ferrer, a victim of sexual violence. The article referred to the abundance of gender stereotypes and other legal irregularities during Ferrer’s trial. After a defamation lawsuit was filed by…
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Minor Delgado Case
Indigenous rights defender Minor Ortíz Delgado has been victim of several attacks, aggressions, threats and assassination attempts that have gone unpunished to this day, despite having many of its perpetrators identified. Additionally, there are currently four criminalization proceedings against Mainor and his family.
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Tutela on the right to defend human rights
The case refers to a tutela petition filed by ten social leaders in Colombia requesting the protection of the right to defend human rights. The second instance court confirmed the protection of the right to defend human rights and recalled the State’s obligation to guarantee, recognize and strengthen the work towards the defense of human…
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Milena Quiroz Jiménez Case
Milena Quiroz is an Afro-descendant leader and human rights defender. She is a legal representative of the Comisión de Interlocución del Sur de Bolívar, Centro y Sur del Cesar (CISBCSC) (Interlocution Commission of Sure de Bolívar, Centro, and Sur del Cesar), a member of the Cooperativa Multiactiva de Arenal (Comuarenal) (Arenal Multiactive Cooperative) and the…
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Wilfredo Moncada Case
Wilfredo Moncada was murdered during a peaceful protest on April 10, 2019. There has been little progress on the criminal proceedings against the police agents responsible for his death.
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Norma Sancir Case
Indigenous journalist Norma Sancir was detained and beaten when she was covering a demonstration in September 2014. More than eight years later, the criminal procedure against the four police agents responsible for the attack is still on-going, as a result of intentional delays caused by the agents’ defense.
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Asociación Sindical de Trabajadores Agrícolas y Campesinos (ASTAC) Case
The Asociación Sindical de Trabajadores Agrícolas y Campesinos (Trade Union Association of Agricultural Workers and Campesinos) (ASTAC) is the trade union for workers in the banana sector in Ecuador that, for years, have faced legal obstacles to register in the national register of private companies unions in the country, thus violating the right to work…
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Marielle Franco y Anderson Gomes Case
Marielle Franco was a woman of African descent, bisexual, feminist and a renowned human rights defender, who served as a councilwoman in Rio de Janeiro. She was assassinated in March 2018, alongside her driver Anderson Gomes. Although slight progress has been made in the investigative process, it is being carried out in strict secrecy. To…