The International Foundation for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders or Front Line Defenders and the Red Nacional de Organismos Civiles de Derechos Humanos “Todos los Derechos para Todas, Todos y Todes” (Red TDT) condemn the sentencing of human rights defender David Hernández Salazar, which they believe are in reprisals for his legitimate and peaceful defence of human rights.
The defender had been indicted with 17 other members of the Binniza Indigenous Community of Puente Madera for protesting against the installation of the “Polo de Desarrollo” in San Blas on their common lands El Pitayal as part of the Inter-Oceanic Corridor of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec (CIIT) project.
Front Line Defenders and the Red TDT urge the authorities in México to drop the charges against David Hernández Salazar and allow for his immediate and unconditional release, as his sentence is motivated solely by his legitimate and peaceful work in defence of human rights.
