Mexico: GRISELDA TIRADO EVANGELIO – Lawyer, Indigenous Rights Activist
24/11/2003
GRISELDA TIRADO EVANGELIO – Lawyer, Indigenous Rights Activist TERESA TIRADO EVANGELIO – Sister of Griselda Tirado Evangelio BEATRIZ EVANGELIO – Mother of Griselda and Teresa Tirado Evangelio Griselda Tirado Evangelio human rights lawyer, founder of Centro de Estudios Superiores Indegenas, … [Read more...]
Honduras: MARCELINO MIRANDA – Human Rights Defender, LEONARDO MIRANDA – Human Rights Defender, MARCELINO MARTÍNEZ ESPINAL – Lawyer
21/10/2003
On January 8, 2003 Marcelino Miranda and his brother, Leonardo Miranda, indigenous leaders from the Consejo Civico de Organizaciones Indigenas Populares (COPINH), Civic Council of Indigenous and Popular Organizations, were arrested by twenty-one armed Policia Nacional officers and a number of armed … [Read more...]
Guatemala: OVIDIO PAZ BAL
31/03/2002
Mr. Bal is the Legal Advisor of the Solola branch of the organization Defensoria Indigena (Indigenous Defence). The threats against Mr. Balm made in January 2002,('we are going to kill you, we are going to kill you') were believed to have been made by individuals or groups seeking to hinder the work … [Read more...]
