Grecia Eugenia Rodríguez Navarro
Grecia Eugenia Rodríguez Navarro is a woman human rights defender who has been accompanying communities and ejidos in the defence of land and water in the state of Zacatecas since 2014. Grecia is a member of the Zacatecas Mining Conflict Observatory, which was founded in 2016 to provide accompaniment in the defence of the human rights of ejidos, communities and vulnerable groups affected or threatened by megaprojects and extractive activities in the state of Zacatecas.
Human rights defenders (HRDs) and journalists in Mexico are subject to intimidation, legal harassment, arbitrary detention, death threats, acts of physical aggression, enforced disappearances and killings as a result of their activities in defence of human rights and the exercise of freedom of expression and journalism.
