Urgent Action: Environmental rights defender killed

Samir Flores Soberanes, environmental, land and territory human rights defender, was shot dead on 20 February, after receiving several death threats for his work defending the territory of his community. Samir was a member of a grassroots collective for environmental and territorial protection called Front of Peoples in Defense of the Earth and Agua, in the states of Morelos, Puebla and Tlaxcala (southeast Mexico). He was also vocal against the geothermic project called “Proyecto Integral Morelos”. He received written death threats and was beaten by an unknown group in October 2018.

Take action.

PLEASE SEND APPEALS BEFORE 9 APRIL 2019

Please write urgently in your own words or using the template letter included in English or Spanish to:

Governor of Morelos

Cuauhtémoc Blanco

Calle de la Luz, 88 

Colonia Chapultepec

CP: 62450, Mexico

322 16 21 Ext. 105

Cuauhtemoc.Blanco@morelos.gob.mx

Maribel.rosas@morelos.gob.mx  

Salutation: Dear Governor

And copies to:

Attorney General of the State of Morelos 

Av. Emiliano Zapata No. 803, 

Col. Buena Vista, Cuernavaca. C.P. 62130 

Phone number: (777) 364 55 55 EXT. 1285, 329 15 77 EXT. 1260 

E-mail: urielcarmona@moreloslegal.com 

Salutation: Dear Attorney General

Also send copies to diplomatic representatives accredited to your country.

HIS EXCELLENCY MR JULIÁN VENTURA, Head of Mission Embassy of Mexico, 16 St. George Street, London, W1S 1FD Phone: 020 7499 8586 Email:mexuk@sre.gob.mx  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Embamex-Reino-Unido/197866996938638 twitter: @Embamexru Salutation: Your Excellency

Please check with your section before sending appeals after the above date.