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On 30 March 2020, the Secretariat of Public Security of Yucatan, Mexico, withdrew the police accompaniment to human rights defender Clemencia Adelaida Salas Salazar alleging its response to COVID-19. Adelaida Salas has protective measures granted by the National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) since March 2017. The state of Yucatan must not use measures in response to the pandemic as a pretext to weaken or withdraw protection for human rights defenders. We urge the government of Yucatan to immediately restore Adelaida’s protection measures in accordance with the highest international human rights standards.

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Clemencia Adelaida Salas Salazar defends the rights of women in Yucatan. She is the representative for the National Citizens' Observatory on Feminicide (Observatorio Ciudadano Nacional del Feminicidio) and legal representative of Ni una Más A.C.; an organization that promotes the Gender Alert in Yucatan. This NGO is a member of the National Network of Women Human Rights Defenders in Mexico (Red Nacional de Defensoras de Derechos Humanos en México).

In 2017, the National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) issued precautionary measures to guarantee the life and physical integrity of Clemencia Adelaida Salas Salazar, for her work as a human rights defender, after the killing of Emma Gabriela Molina Canto. The CNDH condemned the withdrawal of the protective measures of Adelaida Salas in a statement on 10 April 2020 and expressed that to date she continues to be at imminent risk.

According to information received, the withdrawal of the bodyguards is because they are needed for other activities related to the contingency. We also received information of a woman human rights defender facing the same issue in Yucatan.

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