death threats

Human rights defender Mr Aftab Alam received death threats and was the subject of harassment and intimidation on 9 February 2010. Aftab Alam is a weaver by trade and is associated with the Peoples’ Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR). 

Members of the human rights organisation Corporación Sisma Mujer (Sisma Women's Corporation) have received death threats from a Colombian paramilitary group. The Sisma Women's Corporation is a human rights organisation in Bogotá that works to promote and protect the rights of women in Colombia. 

Human rights defender and journalist Mr Geoffrey Wokulira Ssebaggala has received death threats and information about his possible arrest. Geoffrey Ssebaggala is programme coordinator for the Human Rights Network of Journalists – Uganda (HRNJ-Uganda). HRNJ has provided support to over 7,000 occupants from six villages in Kitumbi, Mubende district, who are resisting eviction from a disputed land. Since May 2009, Geoffrey Ssebaggala has led the efforts to monitor the eviction process, documented alleged abuses committed in the area and helped occupants stop the evictions by legal means. 

On 14 December 2009, human rights defender Mr Adolfo Guzmán Ordaz received a death threat at his home in Comitán de Comínguez, Chiapas. The threat came two days before he was due to testify at a hearing in order to identify a police officer who took part in a raid of his home. Adolfo Guzmán Ordaz is a member of the organisation “Connect, Communication and Training” (Enlace, Comunicación y Capacitación – Enlace CC). Enlace CC is a civil organisation with bases in Chiapas which works for sustainable development for indigenous people and rural workers in central and southern Mexico, incorporating human rights and gender equality as its guiding principles.