Evel Fanfan, male, human rights lawyer. Fanfan and his family have suffered further intimidation and harassment. Amnesty International is seriouslyconcerned that their lives continue to be at risk and believes that they are not receiving sufficient support and protection from the Haitian National … [Read more...]

Father Gerard Jean-Juste, human rights activist & Catholic Priest from Haiti. He is the founder of the Haitian Refugee Center in Miami Florida, and served as its Executive Director for more than a decade, during which he worked closely with Human Rights First and others to help refugees fleeing … [Read more...]

Human rights defenders and journalists are increasingly at risk in Haiti. Since the killing of prominent radio journalist and long-time democracy and human rights activist Jean Dominique in April 2000, freedom of expression has been severely undermined and a number of journalists and human rights … [Read more...]

On February 27th 2001, the cousin of Ossagnol Servil, Justice of the Peace for the town of Maissade was attacked. In October and December 2000 Mr. Servil was been the subject of death threats, office break-ins and threatening demonstrations outside his office. All these occurred after Mr. Servil … [Read more...]

On 19 December 2007, a man posing as a journalist arrived at the Mesilien home seeking to confirm a rumour that Wilson Mesilien had been kidnapped. Out of fear for their safety, Mesilien and his family went into hiding. It is believed that their lives are in grave danger. Haitian authorities have … [Read more...]

LRWC is concerned for the safety of inhabitants of the Comunidad de Paz de San Jose de Apartado, Peace Community of San Jose de Apartado. On 21 February, Luis Eduardo Guerra Guerra, one of the leaders of the Peace Community, his partner, and his son were abducted and killed by a group of armed … [Read more...]

On October 6, 2004 the body of Pedro Jaime Mosquera was found in Arauca. His body showed signs of torture. Mr. Mosquera’s union, FENSUAGRO, which represents farmers, believes the Colombian government is behind the killing. This murder is the latest in a string of recent killings of union leaders … [Read more...]

REYNALDO PERDOMO, human rights defender PEDRO TORRES, Civilians in El Castillo municipality, Meta department Human rights activists in Villavicencio, Meta department In August 2003 human rights advocate Reynaldo Perdomo and civilian Pedro Torres were brutally murdered. At 9:00 p.m. on … [Read more...]

A March 14 2004 Amnesty International bulletin indicates that human rights lawyer Rodolfo Ríos Lozano has in recent weeks, received a succession of very serious death threats delivered by telephone and has been further intimidated by being kept under surveillance and followed. Specific threats warn … [Read more...]

At roughly 9:00 p.m. on December 26, 2003 Uldarico Florez made telephone arrangements to meet with family members later that night in the Kennedy district of Bogotá for a celebration. Unfortunately, Florez never made it to this event. An exhaustive search by friends and family over the following … [Read more...]