DEFENDERS AS AGENTS OF CHANGE
2024 SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGNS
The Kerio Valley Community Organization (KVCO) has been denouncing bad faith actions and lack of clarity in their negotiation processes with Tullow Oil and Delonex Energies in their plans for oil exploration. Now, the Kerio Valley Communities are demanding clarity and transparency from the new Canadian owner company of the project.
Liberty for Tomás Martínez Mandujano
Tomás Martínez Mandujano is a human rights defender and community leader that has faced unjustified detention and imprisonment as a result of his work in the community of Llano Grande Azcapotzaltongo, in the state of Mexico.
Through peaceful protest and collective action, Tomas’s community has rallied against his criminalization and holds a steady front in the fight for his liberation.
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#StandWithMaasais in Tanzania
The indigenous pastoralist communities’ ancestral lands and livelihoods are constantly under threat. In Tanzania, the situation of the Maasai Indigenous Community in Ngorongoro is a perfect example of land rights violations being perpetrated by the state for the benefit of the multi-nationals and investors at the expense of the indigenous peoples.
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In Defense of Pranab Doley
Pranab Doley and other community leaders face threats by agitated mobs.
Click below to learn more about the greatest challenges currently faced by land defenders near and around Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve.
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#ProtectPIACI in the Amazon
Indigenous peoples in isolation, known as PIACI, within the Kakataibo North and South Indigenous Reserve, are facing escalating threats due to tensions stemming from territory invasion, the opening of illicit roads, forest extraction within the Reserve, and illegal mining.
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#StandWithOgieks in Kenya
The Ogiek Community have endured arbitrary and government-driven forced evictions from their ancestral lands, a practice persisting since before Kenya’s independence. These actions have significantly disrupted their traditional way of life, impeding access to natural resources, education, health services, and justice. In solidarity with the Ogiek, ALLIED calls for immediate action.
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#StandUpAGainstDefamation for Human Rights Defender and UDEFEGUA's director Jorge Santos
Jorge Santos, from UDEFEGUA – a close ALLIED partner – is facing defamatory remarks that undermine his and UDEFEGUA’s credibility. We urge you to review and please share FrontLine Defenders’ Urgent Appeal and the Statement from Global Witness regarding the alarming situation where defenders are facing severe threats.
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