Jose Adán Mejía

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On Sunday, 24 December, 2020, Jose Adan Mejia was found shot to death in a remote location in the community of El Volcan, in western Honduras. Medina was a member of the Tolupán Indigenous people.

Apparently, he was returning home from work when unknown gunmen came up to him and shot him dead.

It is believed that the killing was in reprisal for his work defending the rights of the Tolupán people in the community of La Candelaria.

Honduras is considered the fifth-deadliest country for activists, with 14 land and environmental defenders killed in 2019, up from four people in 2018, according to data made available by advocacy group Global Witness.

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Région:Amériques

Pays:Honduras

Département/Province/Etat:Yoro

Sexe¹:Masculin

Date de l'assassinat:24/12/2020

Menaces précédentes:No

Type de travail:Leader communautaire

Organisation :Comunidad Indigena Tolupán

Secteur ou type de droit que défendait le DDH:Droits économiques, sociaux et culturels:

Détail sur le secteur:Communautés paysannes, Droit de l'environnement, Droits des populations autochtones

Plus d'informations:Front Line Defenders

¹Cette base de données enregistre l'identité sexuelle choisie par une personne. Si elle ne s'identifie pas elle-même comme homme ou femme, elle peut utiliser l'option autre/aucun ou employer le terme IGNB (identité de genre non-binaire).

URL (liens) d'intérêt

Fotografía.- La Prensa, “Derechos humanos pide investigar asesinato de dos ambientalistas hondureños”, La Prensa, 30 de diciembre 2020.: https://www.laprensa.hn/honduras/1432653-410/derechos-humanos-asesinato-ambientalistas-hondure%C3%B1os
Al Jazeera: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/12/31/honduras-sees-second-indigenous-activist-killed-in-in-past-week
Telesur: https://www.telesurtv.net/news/honduras-reportan-asesinato-dirigente-indigena-20201229-0066.html
Proceso: https://proceso.hn/conadeh-condena-asesinato-de-lider-tolupan-jose-adan-medina-en-yoro/
FIDH: https://www.fidh.org/es/temas/defensores-de-derechos-humanos/honduras-asesinato-de-los-lideres-indigenas-felix-vasquez-y-adan

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Jose Adán Mejía

Informations basiques
Profil personnel

On Sunday, 24 December, 2020, Jose Adan Mejia was found shot to death in a remote location in the community of El Volcan, in western Honduras. Medina was a member of the Tolupán Indigenous people.

Apparently, he was returning home from work when unknown gunmen came up to him and shot him dead.

It is believed that the killing was in reprisal for his work defending the rights of the Tolupán people in the community of La Candelaria.

Si vous souhaitez nous donner un souvenir personnel, merci de nous écrire à: HRDMemorial@frontlinedefenders.org