human rights defender

Esteban Toc Tsay

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Organization affiliation

  • Autoridad Indígena de Sololá

HRD's Gender

Man

Type of HRD

  • Social and community leader

HRD's thematic area of engagement

  • Indigenous peoples’ rights

Current Status

Released on parole

HRD's bio and work

(AI translated) Indigenous leader and former deputy mayor of the Indigenous Municipality of Sololá, during 2023 as deputy mayor of the Indigenous Municipality of Sololá I supported citizen movements for the defense of democracy in Guatemala

Detained since

Aug 28, 2025

Date of release

Sep 6, 2025

Charge(s)

  • Other
  • Terrorism

Sentence

(AI translated) The community leader Esteban Toc Tsay was charged in relation to the citizen protests held in 2023 in defense of the country's democracy.

Latitude: 14.637488763595604

Longitude: -90.4784256219864

Geolocation of detention

Country or area of detention

Region of detention

  • Americas: Latin America and the Caribbean

Location of detention - City/Town

Quetzaltenango

Location of detention - Facility

Centro de Detención para Hombres Mariscal Zavala Zona 17

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