Justice Defenders Program
Mobilizing the global legal community to confront governments that restrict human rights activities, enabling advocates to work more freely. (Photo Credit: Igor Kovalenko, TASS Agency)
After observing several hearings in the cases against Jorge Acosta, an Ecuadorian workers’ rights advocate and coordinator of the banana workers’ union ASTAC, Center staff attorneys concluded that the criminal proceedings against him have been characterized by several serious irregularities. (Photo Credit: "The Banana Worker" by Sgillins13 is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
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