La Vía Campesina denounces the grave criminalization taking place in Honduras today in the form of prisons, repression and the assassination of peasant and indigenous leaders. In the last few weeks the situation has worsened greatly with the proliferation of hired assassins aiming to take the lives of those who demand land to produce food, of those who struggle against extractivism, dams, and agribusiness.
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Berta Cáceres, coordinator of the National Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH), was murdered on March 2, 2016.
Organizations around the world rose up in protest in Berta’s name. She is yet another victim of the abuses carried out with impunity in Honduras against those who defend the land, the water, and the right of communities to remain on their lands.
We hoped that the widespread outrage and international mobilization to demand justice for this cowardly act would contribute to ending the impunity of the Honduran authorities, the large landowners and the large companies that prey upon them all: land, water, communities. However, months later, the actions taken by the Honduran government and its agencies have not been enough. Criminalization, persecution and murder of COPINH members continues despite international pressure, two other members of COPINH were killed during the last months.
Action alerts
9 March 2016
Press Release, Mexico, March 9, 2016
Early in the morning on Thursday March 3rd, our Honduran comrade Berta Cáceres and Mexican Gustavo Castro were attacked in the town of La Esperanza, Honduras, where Berta sadly died and Gustavo Castro was injured. Since that time, Gustavo Castro was designated as a “protected witness” by the Honduran government.
5 March 2016
Berta Cáceres, coordinator of the National Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH), was murdered on March 2, 2016.
Organizations around the world rose up in protest in Berta’s name. She is yet another victim of the abuses carried out with impunity in Honduras against those who defend the land, the water, and the right of communities to remain on their lands.
Action alerts
4 March 2016
Statement and call for urgent action:
Berta Cáceres, coordinator of the National Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH), was murdered on Thursday, March 3.
We know that there are no words that can lessen the grief, powerlessness and indignation they feel, but we wish to express our support and solidarity to Berta’s family, those who worked with her at COPINH, and all the Lenca people.
Action alerts
4 March 2016
PRESS RELEASE.
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4th March 2016, Planet Earth
Action alerts
4 March 2016
Embassy of Honduras in Mexico.
Mexican Consulate in Honduras.
Inter American Commission on Human Rights.
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