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UN Special Rapporteur Margaret Sekaggya Concludes Visit to Honduras; Echoes Front Line Defenders Alert About Violence Against HRDsposted on: 2012/02/21

UN Special Rapporteur Margaret Sekaggya concluded her official visit to Honduras with a statement summarizing her visit and listing specific recommendations to the State, to human rights defenders and to the international community.

Mexico: Knife attack against human rights defender Ms Norma Andradeposted on: 2012/02/06

On 3 February 2012, human rights defender Ms Norma Andrade was attacked by an unknown assailant in the south of Mexico City.

Mexico: Shooting of human rights defender Ms Norma Andradeposted on: 2011/12/06

On 2 December 2011, human rights defender Ms Norma Andrade was shot five times in Ciudad Juárez in the State of Chihuahua.

UPDATE: Mexico: Death threat against human rights defender Mr Adolfo Guzmán Ordaz posted on: 2011/10/25

On 20 October 2011, Mexican human rights defender Mr Adolfo Guzmán Ordaz received a death threat at his home in Comitán de Domínguez, Chiapas. Mr Guzman Ordaz gave testimony about the threats to his life at the 2011 Dublin Platform

Cyprus: Charges against human rights defender Doros Polykarpouposted on: 2011/07/04

A trial against human rights defender Doros Polykarpou opened in Larnaca on 20 June 2011. Doros Polykarpou was charged with 'rioting and participating in an illegal assembly' in relation to a festival organised in November 2010 in Larnaca. Doros Polykarpou is the executive director of Action for Support, Equality and Antiracism (KISA), an NGO working against xenophobia and racism in Cyprus.

Mexico: Attempted break-in at the offices of Justicia para Nuestras Hijas (Justice for Our Daughters)posted on: 2011/06/30

On 24 June 2011 an attempted break-in was reported at the offices of the human rights organisation Justicia para Nuestras Hijas (Justice for our daughters) in Chihuahua City, Chihuahua State. The attempted break-in occurred just hours after Ms Norma Ledezma, the general co-ordinator of the group, took part in a public dialogue with President Felipe Calderón Hinojosa. The organisation investigates and denounces cases of femicide and the disappearances of young women and girls in Ciudad Juárez and Chihuahua City.

More killings in Ciudad Juarez

It is unbelieveable that the killings of human rights defenders and witnesses to their deaths go on in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. How do we campaign to get an end to them?

9 days ago, 17 year old Juan Ernesto Maciel, a key witness to the murder of the daughter of human rights defender Ms Marisela Escobedo Ortiz, along with his father, Mr Manuel Dámaso Maciel García, and his aunt, Ms María Maciel Garcia, were killed at their home in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. Juan had been scheduled to appear in court as a witness in the days following his killing.

On the night of 15-16 March 2011, a group of at least six armed men reportedly broke into the home of Manuel Dámaso Maciel García, María Maciel García and Juan Ernesto Maciel and shot all three individuals dead with automatic weapons before fleeing the scene. Two younger children, aged one and three years, were spared.

Those responsible reportedly travelled to and from the scene in two aging automobiles.

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Mexico: Killing of witness in the murder case of daughter of human rights defender Ms Marisela Escobedo Ortizposted on: 2011/03/24

On 15 March 2011, Mr Juan Ernesto Maciel, along with his father, Mr Manuel Dámaso Maciel García, and his aunt, Ms María Maciel Garcia, were killed at their home in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. Juan Ernesto Maciel was a key witness in the murder in August 2008 of Ms Rubi Marisol Fraye Escobedo, daughter of human rights defender Ms Marisela Escobedo Ortiz, who was also killed on 16 December 2010.

Mexico: Judicial harassment of human rights defender Mr Nataniel Hernández Núñezposted on: 2011/03/23

Human rights defender Mr Nataniel Hernández Núñez is subject to an ongoing campaign of judicial harassment. Nataniel Hernández Núñez is the director of the Centro de Derechos Humanos Digna Ochoa (Digna Ochoa Human Rights Centre), a non-profit civil association based in the Istmo region of Chiapas which works to promote civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, as well as providing legal advice.