Paraguay: Free environmental defender
Vidal Brítez was detained on 26 March in Paso Yobái, Guairá as a reprisal for his defence of a clean, healthy and sustainable environment....
Ecuador: Justice has failed the Warriors for the Amazon, but their fight continues
Press release | First published: here | 26 March 2025 On 30 January 2025, Ecuador’s Constitutional Court dismissed an extraordinary action for protection brought...
Ecuador: Presidential candidates must put human rights at the center of their proposals
On the eve of the last presidential debate scheduled for March 23 and ahead of the April 13 presidential elections, Amnesty International published today...
Colombia: Preventing the expulsion of FEDEPESAN members
On February 15, 2024, the Colombian fishing and environmental association FEDEPESAN announced that its members would be forced to collectively move away from the...
Colombia: Death threats against CREDHOS chairman
On 30 November 2024 and again on 2 January 2025, the civil society organization CREDHOS publicly denounced assassination plans by the armed group EGC...
Argentina: Joel Paredes – Blinded in one eye by police violence during peaceful demonstration
29-year-old Joel Paredes lost his right eye to a rubber bullet fired by the police while taking part in a peaceful demonstration in Argentina....
Americas: Record wildfires in South America Require an Unprecedented Response
In response to record fires across South America, with several millions of hectares burning across the Amazon basin and the entire continent, Amnesty International...
Colombia: Threats against an amazon defender
On 10 September Jani Silva, a defender of land, territory and the environment and the president of ADISPA, an organization managing a peasant reserve...
Honduras: Water defender killed
On Saturday, 14th September, environmental defender and coordinator of the Municipal Committee for the Defence of Common and Public Assets (CMDBCPT) Juan López was...
Successful climate lawsuit in Costa Rica – young people gain access to climate-related information
On 26 January 2024, the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Costa Rica ruled the government to publish climate-related information. The proceedings were...