Ecuador: Fear for safety/Death threats: Lina Maria Espinoza Villegas

Index Number: AMR 28/017/2005
Date Published: 7 September 2005
Categories: Americas, Ecuador

Colombian human rights defender Lina María Espinoza Villegas, who has been helping communities involved in protests against oil companies operating in Ecuador's Northern Amazon region, has been receiving anonymous telephone death threats. Amnesty International fears that her life may be in danger.