America

Venezuela: On the morning of 27 August 2024, Mr Rocha was arrested after a confrontation with hooded and allegedly armed police officers, who arrived in several vans outside the supermarket where he was shopping. Since then, he has been held in the…

GUATEMALA: INTERPOL refuses Guatemalan Public Prosecutor’s Office activation of Red Notice for arrest of lawyer Ramón Cadena

NICARAGUA: human rights lawyer Leyla Carolina Prado forced into exile for defending political prisoners

COLOMBIA: Sir Henry Brooke 2024 prize awarded to lawyer Adil Meléndez, who denounces the withdrawal of protection measures

COLOMBIA: Lawyer Yessika Hoyos faces new threats

GUATEMALA: Hearing of lawyer Claudia Gonzalez suspended

COLOMBIA: Harassment, persecution and attacks against lawyer German Romero in the course of his work

Haiti: Three lawyers identified as representing Joseph Félix Badio have been placed in detention following the recent arrest of their client for his alleged involvement in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse.

MEXICO: Lawyer Oscar Zamudio Campos facing harassment and criminal proceedings for his professional activities.

COLOMBIA: The Observatory condemns the new attacks against human rights lawyer Soraya Gutierrez Argüello, who was recently the victim of a break-in and attempted robbery at her home

HAITI: Assassination of lawyer André Charleus

Mexico: Three break-ins in less than 15 days at the home of environmental lawyer Juan Carlos Flores Solís

VENEZUELA: Human rights lawyer Venus Faddoul has been publicly accused, threatened and harassed for her work

VENEZUELA: Lawyer Jecson Ricardo Cariel Garcia arbitrarily detained since August 5th, 2022

COLOMBIA: Lawyer Carlos Enrique Maldonado, victim of serious and worrying stigmatisation for defending peasant communities affected by the armed conflict

VENEZUELA: Human rights lawyer Engels Wladimir Puertas victim of arbitrary detention, torture, serious threats and criminalisation of his work

Haiti: Robinson Pierre-Louis, lawyer and general secretary of the Federation of Haitian Bars, has been arrested

COLOMBIA:Human rights lawyer Andrea Torres Bautista, a  has been victim of kidnapping, serious threats and gender-based violence, as well as the theft of sensitive information in a cyber attack  4 July 2022 Andrea Torres Bautista is a human rights…

COLOMBIA: Human rights lawyer María Alejandra Garzón Mora has been subjected to serious threats, cyber-attacks, surveillance and verbal attacks

Guatemala: The Observatory denounces the judicial harassment suffered by Claudia Paz y Paz.