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3 September 2015

Case History: Raimundo dos Santos Rodrigues

On 25 August 2015, unidentified individuals attacked and killed human rights defender Mr Raimundo dos Santos Rodrigues, a prominent environmental rights defender in Brazil.

The individuals attacked Raimundo dos Santos Rodrigues while returning to his home in Bom Jardim, in the state of Maranhão. Raimundo dos Santos Rodrigues was shot and also attacked with a machete and died as a result of the injuries he sustained.

Rights 
#Environmental Rights
Violations 
#Killing
#Threats / Intimidation
Location 
#Brazil
HRD or Organization 
Raimundo dos Santos Rodrigues
Closed Case
5 December 2018

Case History: Berta Cáceres

On 2 March 2016, unidentified assailants broke into the home of Berta Cáceres and murdered her in her bedroom. In the previous days, Berta and other members of her organisation (COPINH) had been receiving threats. Two months later, on 2 May 2016, four men were arrested in connection with her murder. Two of the people arrested have ties with Desarrollos Energéticos SA (Desa), the Honduran company which was building the Agua Zarca dam, a project Berta and COPINH had strongly opposed and campaigned against.

Rights 
#Environmental Rights
#Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights
#Land Rights
Violations 
#Judicial Harassment
#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment
#Killing
#Threats / Intimidation
Location 
#Honduras
HRD or Organization 
Berta Cáceres
Closed Case
12 October 2020

Orouba Barakat and daughter, Halla Barakat, killed in Turkey

On 9 October 2020, US news outlet ABC news published an investigative news report questioning the conclusions drawn by the official investigation into extrajudicial killing of woman human rights defender Orouba Barakat and her journalist daughter Hala Barakat.

Rights 
#Human Rights
#Impunity / Justice
Violations 
#Killing
Location 
#Türkiye
HRD or Organization 
Orouba Barakat
Closed Case
16 March 2018

Halla Barakat and mother, Orouba Barakat, killed in Turkey

On 22 December 2017, Istanbul Anatolia Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office concluded the indictment for the murders of Syrian human rights defenders Orouba Barakat and Halla Barakat and called for the imposition of two sentences of life imprisonment under the charge of “intentional killing” according to the Turkish Criminal Code, Article 82.

On 30 September 2017, Turkish police arrested a suspect in the killing of Syrian human rights defenders Orouba and Halla Barakat.

Rights 
#Human Rights
Violations 
#Killing
Location 
#Türkiye
HRD or Organization 
Halla Barakat
Closed Case
28 February 2020

Killing of Paulo Silva Filho increases concerns for the situation of land right defenders in Pará

On 22 February 2020, Paulo Silva Filho, known as Paulinho do PT, was killed in Ourilândia do Norte, in the South of Pará, in the Brazilian Amazon region. This is the latest in a series of killings and attacks against families living on Agrarian Reform resettlement lands of the 1200 Farm (Occupation 1200), of which Paulinho do PT was a leader. The increase of violence against defenders in the region follows the issuing of state and federal government policies that legitimise land grabbing and violence in rural areas.

Rights 
#Labour Rights / Trade Union
#Land Rights
Violations 
#Killing
Location 
#Region: Americas
#Brazil
HRD or Organization 
Paulo Silva Filho (Paulinho do PT)

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