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📍MEXICO Front Line Defenders together with other international, Mexican and Oaxacan organisations, celebrate the release of Indigenous human rights defender Pablo López Alavez — after 15 years, 7 months and 12 days of arbitrary detention. 🌳🌎A Zapotec forest defender from the community of San Isidro Aloapam, Oaxaca, Pablo was detained, tortured and accused of homicide on 15 August 2010. He was convicted on evidence riddled with inconsistencies, while the defence’s proof that he was elsewhere when the crime occurred was never properly considered. The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention later concluded his imprisonment was arbitrary and motivated by his legitimate work in environmental defence. His release on 27 March came only after a fight for justice and freedom of over 15 years led by his wife, defender Yolanda Pérez Cruz, alongside Oaxacan, Mexican and international civil society organisations. His release followed a revised legal classification of the offence and time already served — but the conviction still stand We call on Mexican authorities to overturn the ruling and acquit Pablo, and to guarantee comprehensive protection for him and his family, who remain displaced and under threat. 🔗Read the joint statement: frontlinedefenders.org/en/st… #JusticeForPabloLópezAlavez #HumanRights #DefendingHumanRightsIsARight

📍MEXICO 🚨 José Luis Silva Andrade was abducted on 15 July while investigating a logging incident in Agua Fría, following threats against his community. FLD calls on Mexican authorities to determine his whereabouts, ensure his release, and protect him, his family and community. 🔗 zurl.co/6LoS1 photo credit: Serapaz @Claudiashein @GobiernoMX @rosaicela_ @Mecanismo_MX

📍HONDURAS 🕊️Last month marked the 10th anniversary of Indigenous defender Berta Cáceres' murder – a time to remind us of the importance of keeping her memory, strength and legacy alive. Finally, after 10 years of hope and tireless struggle for justice and for the Lenca people, international experts from the GIEI have shed light on the crime against Berta Cáceres. Her murder was not an isolated crime. It was the result of a power structure in which corporate interests, state security forces and international funding converged to impose the Agua Zarca hydroelectric project. The Honduran State must act to protect land defenders from those who seek to criminalise, repress and eliminate them. 🔗Read more about the report: frontlinedefenders.org/en/st… Artist: Pan Cooke #BertaLives #JusticeForBerta [ESP] 🕊️El mes pasado se cumplieron diez años del asesinato de la defensora indígena Berta Cáceres – un momento para recordar la importancia de mantener vivo su recuerdo, su fuerza y su legado. Finalmente, después de 10 años de esperanza y lucha incansable por justicia y por el pueblo Lenca, expertos internacionales del GIEI han esclarecido el crimen de Berta Cáceres. Su asesinato no fue un crimen aislado. Fue el resultado de una estructura de poder en la que confluyeron intereses empresariales, fuerzas de seguridad del Estado y financiamiento internacional para imponer el proyecto hidroeléctrico Agua Zarca. El Estado hondureño debe actuar y proteger a los defensores del territorio de aquellos que los buscan criminalizar, reprimir y eliminar. 🔗Lee más sobre el reporte: frontlinedefenders.org/es/st… Artista: Pan Cooke #BertaVive #JusticiaParaBerta

📍MEXICO 🚨“Tell Rolando to hand over the land because we are going to take it; if he doesn’t, we will come for him.” This is what a group of four heavily armed men, reportedly linked to a criminal gang operating in Michoacán, Mexico told the relatives of human rights defender and environmentalist Rolando Silva Andrade. Rolando plays a key role as an environmental advocate, healer and moral authority in the community of Agua Fría, located in the Los Azufres region of Michoacán and comprising around 180 people committed to safeguarding their territory and forest. This threat, which took place on 25 February 2026, is part of an escalation of attacks against Rolando and the community of Agua Fría in February and March. The threats are directly linked to the intention of criminal groups in the area to take control of the forest and the community’s land, with the reported aim of occupying the territory and carrying out illegal logging, controlling forest resources, and using the area as a trafficking route for organised crime. These events have forced Rolando and others to flee the community in order to protect their lives. ✊Front Line Defenders calls on the authorities in Mexico to protect environmental human rights defender Rolando Silva Andrade and the Agua Fría Community. 🔗Read more: frontlinedefenders.org/en/ca…