Topic: Human Rights Defender
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Frenchie Mae Cumpio, Marielle Domequil, and Alexander Philip Abinguña
Journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio and human rights defenders Alexander Philip Abinguña and Marielle Domequil have been detained on fabricated charges of illegal possession of firearms and explosives, following an early morning raid in 2020 in Tacloban City where officers allegedly planted firearms in their sleeping quarters. Cumpio and Domequil face additional baseless terrorism financing charges,…
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Arnon Nampa
Arnon Nampa is a human rights activist and lawyer who is facing numerous criminal charges in Thailand related to alleged criticisms of the monarchy. Arnon has been convicted of violating Sections 112 (lèse majesté) and 116 (sedition) of the Thai Criminal Code, the Computer Crimes Act, the Emergency Decree, the Public Assembly Act, and the…
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Petch & Beam (Crop Top Case)
“Petch” Thanakorn (surname withheld) and “Beam” Natthakorn (pseudonym) are two Thai youth activists who have been convicted of defamation of the monarchy in violation of Section 112 of the Thai Criminal Code (lèse majesté). The two youth, age 17 at the time, were charged following a peaceful protest in opposition to Thailand’s lèse majesté law…
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The Disappearance of Antonio Díaz Valencia and Ricardo Lagunes Gasca
Antonio Díaz Valencia, an indigenous community leader and educator, and Ricardo Lagunes Gasca, a Mexican human rights lawyer, were forcibly disappeared on January 15, 2023. The two men had been instrumental in defending the land rights of the Nahua community in San Miguel de Aquila against the harmful operations of Ternium, a mining company that…
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Marielle Franco y Anderson Gomes Case
Marielle Franco was a Black, bisexual, and feminist woman 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. While her murderers have been sentenced to decades in prison, the intellectual authors of the crime remain unconvicted, demonstrating a…
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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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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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Guapinol Case
Guapinol defenders have faced criminalization and attacks against them for years, in retaliation for their work as community leaders and human rights defenders. This case discusses the arbitrary detention of eight Guapinol defenders who were released in 2022, after a legal procedure full of human rights violations.