Ecuador: Futher information on Death Threats / Fear for safety

Index Number: AMR 28/012/2004
Date Published: 6 April 2004
Categories: Americas, Ecuador

The human rights organization Fundación Pachamama received a telephone bomb threat on 6 April, and Amnesty International is seriously concerned for their safety. This is the latest in a series of acts of intimidation and threatening phone calls they and the Instituto Amazanga have suffered since February this year. Both organizations have supported the Sarayaku indigenous community in their campaign against plans by a foreign oil company to drill for oil in their territory in Pastaza province