Status: Judicial harassment Leonidas Iza Salazar 12 September 2025Criminalisation of indigenous leader Leonidas Iza following indigenous justice process Violations #Judicial Harassment #Surveillance Location #Region: Americas #Ecuador
Status: Threats Néstor Caicedo 20 January 2025New threats against human rights and nature defender Néstor Caicedo Violations #Threats / Intimidation Location #Region: Americas #Ecuador
Status: Judicial Harrassment Rocío Bastidas 19 June 2024Upcoming hearing on defamation complaint against woman human rights defender Rocio Bastidas Violations #Judicial Harassment Location #Region: Americas #Ecuador
Status: Death threats Javier Medardo Feijoo Villa 20 October 2023Death threats against human rights defender and community leader Javier Medardo Feijoo Villa Violations #Threats / Intimidation Location #Region: Americas #Ecuador
Status: In Detention Leonidas Iza Salazar 17 June 2022Arbitrary detention and criminalization of indigenous defender Leonidas Iza Salazar in the context of national peaceful protests Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Americas #Ecuador
Status: Home attacked by arson Margoth Escobar 5 October 2018Arson attack at the home of woman human rights defender Margoth Escobar Violations #Physical Attack Location #Ecuador
Status: Presidential Pardon Pepe Acacho 4 October 2018Pepe Acacho released after presidential pardon Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Ecuador
Status: Kidnapped and released Carlos Pérez Guartambel 16 May 2018Kidnapping of four indigenous peoples’ rights defenders Violations #Enforced Disappearance #Physical Attack Location #Ecuador
Status: Attacked & Threatened Patricia Gualinga 11 January 2018Attack and Death Threats against indigenous Ecuadoran HRD Violations #Physical Attack #Threats / Intimidation Location #Ecuador
Status: Judicial Harassment Frente de Mujeres Defensoras de la Pachamama 26 July 2016Court rules against indigenous WHRDs in case of police aggression Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment #Torture / Ill-Treatment Location #Ecuador
Status: Threatened Gloria Ushigua 2 June 2016Case History: Gloria Ushigua Violations #Threats / Intimidation Location #Ecuador
