¡Urgent Action!
New attack against activist Norma Andrade
Organizations and Human Rights Defenders of Mesoamerica condemn the attack on Norma Esther Andrade’s life, founder and president of the organization “Nuestras Hijas de Regreso a Casa, A.C.”
The purpose of this “Alert” is to call your attention to and share our concern about the atmosphere of threats in which the Verapaz Union of Campesino Organisations is carrying out its work. These threats have been directed against its members as well as different communities that the organisation accompanies and supports in Alta and Baja Verapaz.
January 20, Mexico City.- On Tuesday, January 19 in Mexico City women human rights defenders and organizations launched the report Women Human Rights Defenders in Mexico. 2010-2011 A diagnosis of the conditions and risks they face in their work (Defensoras de derechos humanos en México. Diagnóstico 2010-2011 sobre las condiciones que enfrentan en el ejercicio de su trabajo).
