El Salvador: Death threats for activists demanding justice

Index Number: AMR 29/001/2009
Date Published: 27 August 2009
Categories: El Salvador

Those seeking justice for a murdered environmental activist in Cabañas department, El Salvador, are at risk. Another anti-mining activist has also been shot, and five men and one boy have received threats and warnings in an effort to stop the campaign for justice for the murdered environmentalist, Gustavo Marcelo Rivera.