minority rights defender
This is the summary of a joint communication sent to the Governments of Brazil and the USA, as well as the US headquartered company Wildlife Works, about alleged threats and intimidation of indigenous Ka’apor human rights defenders in connection with their opposition to a carbon credit project proposed on indigenous land.
This is the summary of a joint communication sent to the Governments of Bhutan and India about the reported deprivation of liberty and enforced disappearance since 2014 of human rights defender Lok Nath Acharya, following his alleged detention in India and extradition to Bhutan, after he travelled to the West Bengal state of India in October 2014 to attend a human rights meeting.