Tracking cases that protect freedom of expression, association, and assembly
Topic: Violence
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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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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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Communities reclaiming ancestral lands in China Kichá, Salitre, Cabagra, and Térraba
In China Kichá, in the south of Costa Rica, several indigenous communities have been evicted and judicially harassed for trying to recover their ancestral territories, occupied by non-indigenous settlers. Due to the lack of recognition and protection by the Costa Rican State, the indigenous communities are being evicted, have eviction orders pending and face criminal…
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Miroslava Breach Case
Journalist Miroslava Breach was murdered on March 23, 2017. Even though two men have been convicted for the crime, there are two arrest warrants still pending.
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Sonny Figueroa and Marvin del Cid Case
Sonny Figueroa and Marvin del Cid are two renowned Guatemalan journalists, who founded the media outlets Artículo 35 and Vox Populi, which play an important role in the oversight of the Guatemalan government’s use of public resources. In this role, they have exposed major corruption scandals, which has resulted in constant attacks, threats, criminalization and…
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Berta Cáceres Case
Berta Cáceres, an indigenous Lenca leader, was murdered in 2016, as a retaliation for her activism against the installation of the Agua Zarca hydroelectric project. Thanks to her family’s constant efforts, the men responsible for the crime were brought before justice. However, they are still seeking to clarify the responsibility of the family who owns…
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Elmer Campos v Yanacocha
Elmer Campos was shot while participating in a protest against a gold mine in Cajamarca, Peru. There are currently two proceedings still pending: a criminal one against the police agents responsible for his injuries, and another one to hold a private company accountable as a civilly responsible third party. His case is also under review…
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Abuku & 4 Others v. AG Uganda and the Secretary General of the East African Community
The case discusses violations of civic space in the context of an election. A petition was filed before the East African Court of Justice in the aftermath of the 2021 Uganda General Elections, with the purpose of challenging the presidential election of Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, due to electoral malpractices that are deemed to be contrary…