The Gobixha Committee for the Comprehensive Defense of Human Rights (Código DH) denounced that on 8 July it received a telephone call to its office threatening personnel from the organization for having accompanied penal processes that continue in the Tehuantepec Isthmus. In a second call, made just minutes later, threats were made against members of the Popular Assembly of the Juchiteco People (APPJ), who have been accompanied by Código DH for their opposition to the construction of wind-energy plants.
It should be mentioned that both Código DH and the APPJ have been the object of physical attacks, death-threats, harassment, and intimidation; the state of Oaxaca is one of the most dangerous in which to work for the defense of human rights.
For more information (in Spanish):
CODIGO DH recibe nuevas amenazas (Código DH, 8 de julio de 2014)
104 casos, 171 personas defensoras y 409 agresiones (Animal Político, 7 de julio de 2014)
For more information from SIPAZ (in English):
Oaxaca: Confrontations in Álvaro Obregón leave community, Juchitán, leave several injured (15 March 2014)
Oaxaca: Opponents to wind-energy parks threatened with death in the Isthmus (2 March 2014)
Oaxaca: Denunciation of harassment and death-threats against human-rights defenders in the Tehuantepec Isthmus (9 December 2013)
Oaxaca: Harassment and robbery of offices of Consorcio (14 November 2011)
Oaxaca: new intimidation directed at Alba Cruz (18 January 2011)
Oaxaca: attack on union leader Marcelino Coache (20 May 2010)
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