human rights defender

Domingo Francisco Simon

Organization affiliation

  • Resistencia Pacífica de la Microregión de Ixquisis

HRD's Gender

Man

Type of HRD

  • Peasant leader

HRD's thematic area of engagement

  • Environmental rights

HRD's bio and work

Current Status

Released on bail

Detained since

Sep 9, 2024

Sentence

(AI Translated) On October 11, 2024, Domingo Francisco Simon was placed under prosecution for the crime of attempted murder.

Latitude: 15.831167048936068

Longitude: -91.47628784179689

Geolocation of detention

Country or area of detention

Region of detention

  • Americas: Latin America and the Caribbean

Recent case update / evolution

(AI Translated) On Tuesday, March 18, 2025, a hearing was held to consider the formal accusation of the Public Prosecutor's Office (MP). The investigating entity requested an extension to gather more evidence, a request that was rejected by the judge. Domingo Francisco’s lawyer, in that same hearing, requested the amendment of the charge against Domingo Francisco so that it changes from attempted murder to serious bodily injury.

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