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The lawyers in the Guapinol case reject denial of appeal stating that it was copied and pasted form a different resolution

| Mining and Human Rights
"Business Human Right Legal Defense of Guapinol Water Protectors Respond to Disgraceful "Copy-Paste" Appeals Court Ruling with Constitutional Action", 24 de agosto de 2020 The eight defenders have been in pretrial jail for almost a year without ever having a solid legal reasoning as to why. A y...

The Honduran government intensifies persecution against defenders of the Guapinol River

| Regional News
The Court of Appeals ruling confirms Honduras as the most dangerous country for environmental defenders in the world. On August 15, members of the Committee for the Defense of the Public and Common Goods of Tocoa, in Honduras, reported in a press conference that the Court of Appeals, in the ...

Legal Defense: Honduran Courts Rule to Sustain Political Persecution in Guapinol Case

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ConexiHon Legal Defense: Honduran Courts Rule to Sustain Political Persecution in Guapinol Case, August 17, 2020 Late last week, defense lawyers for the more than 20 environmental defenders from Tocoa, Honduras who have been criminalized by the Inversiones Los Pinares mining company an...

We Are in Danger Daily: Honduran Afro-Indigenous Garífuna Demand Return of Kidnapped Land Defenders

| Mining and Human Rights
Democracy Now At least 212 land and environmental defenders were murdered last year — the highest number since the group Global Witness began gathering data eight years ago. Some 40% of those killed were Indigenous peoples. We get an update from Honduras, where the Afro-Indigenous Garífuna commu...

Lack of a Water Law prolongs the historical crisis in the country

| Regional News
Gloria Orellana - Diario Co Latino Tatiana Oliva, from the National Alliance Against Water Privatization, considered the approval of the General Water Law to be of key importance. Especially in the context of the Health Emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic that is plaguing the world and the co...

Pandemic fuels mining extraction in Latin America

| Regional News
Deutsche Welle According to a study from the organization Voces Desde el Territorio and backed by 300 organizations, transnational mining companies are taking advantage of the Covid-19 pandemic to promote the industry and continue operating despite the restrictions. Voces Desde el Territorio re...

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