After two years of threats, persecution and attacks, the forces of capital and the Honduran State dared murder Berta Cáceres. The leader of the Lenca people and COPINH is and will continue to be one of the greatest examples of indigenous, feminist and popular activism of our times.
Indigenous, farmer and environmental movements in defense of human rights in Latin America and the world are outraged by this atrocious crime. We unite our voices demanding justice, that these death governments stop and that the autonomy and rights of the peoples are prioritized over profits and despotic powers.
They physically disappeared Berta, but the attack was against all peoples who resist and who will undoubtedly intensify the struggles carried out by this great woman.
6 March 2016 | Interviews | Criminalization of COPINH | Free Honduras | Land grabbing | Social activists at risk | Berta lives on!
Gustavo Castro Soto, coordinator of Otros Mundos Chiapas - Friends of the Earth Mexico, who was with Lenca leader Berta Caceres on Thursday early morning when she was murdered in Honduras "has not slept for two days, is tired and is transferred from one place to the other by the Honduran Prosecution Office to testify once and again. He is not feeling very well and this is being used by the authorities". The environmental activist was shot and wounded in the attack against Berta´s home in La Esperanza municipality, Intibucá department, but he managed to save his life. Read more
6 March 2016 | News | Berta lives on!
Today, Sunday March 6 at 5:oo am, Gustavo Castro Soto, human rights defender that has been wounded during the assassination of Berta Caceres, has been blocked by the Honduran Police at the International Airport in Tegucigalpa, just before boarding the plane to go back to Mexico. Read more
5 March 2016 | News | Criminalization of COPINH | Free Honduras | Land grabbing | Social activists at risk | Berta lives on!
The Platform of Social and Popular Movements of Honduras (PMSPH) and the Coalition against Impunity (CI), with reference to the murder of Berta Cáceres, ALERTS the national and international community about the following: Read more
5 March 2016 | News | Criminalization of COPINH | Free Honduras | Land grabbing | Social activists at risk | Berta lives on!
Thursday, March 3, 2016 - La Esperanza, Intibucá, Honduras Our friend, Berta Cáceres, founder and General Coordinator of the Council of Indigenous and Popular Organizations of Honduras, COPINH, and Gustavo Castro Soto, of Otros Mundos AC/ Friends of the Earth Mexico, the Mexican Network of People Affected by Mining (REMA) and the Meso American Movement against the Mining Extractive Model (M4) were attacked by gunmen, which caused Berta´s death and seriously injured Gustavo. The assault took place inside Berta's home. A group of armed men entered through the back door and shot both of our colleagues. Read more
2 March 2016 | Interviews | Criminalization of COPINH | Free Honduras | Social activists at risk | Berta lives on!
The Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH) denounced that employees of Desa company, in charge of the Agua Zarca hydroelectric project in San Francisco de Ojuera municipality (Santa Barbara department) and members of the Nacional Party harassed and illegally detained the participants of a peaceful march in defense of the Gualcarque River. Read more
22 June 2015 | Interviews | Criminalization of COPINH | Social activists at risk | Berta lives on! | Mano a Mano
The 2015 Goldman Prize awarded to Honduran activist Berta Cáceres shed light on the social struggle of the country, six years after the Coup D´Etat, and was granted in a moment of mobilizations by the people against corruption, which is common in other countries of the region, such as Guatemala. Read more
12 May 2015 | Testimonies | Social activists at risk | Berta lives on!
Persecuted, threatened, falsely accused and under permanent risk. This is how Berta Caceres, member of the Lenca indigenous people and leader of the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH) lives in Honduras. Read more
13 February 2014 | Interviews | Criminalization of COPINH | Free Honduras | Social activists at risk | Berta lives on!
The coordinator of the Civil Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH) Bertha Caceres told Real World Radio that the solidarity at national and international level was key for the definitive dismissal ruled on Monday on the case led by the Santa Barbara Court, Santa Barbara municipality. Read more
15 January 2014 | Interviews | Criminalization of COPINH | Free Honduras | Social activists at risk | Berta lives on!
The Appeals Court of Comayagua, Honduras, overturned a judicial ruling of September that established a jail sentence for the Coordinator of the Civil Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH), Bertha Cáceres, and alternative measures for two other members of the organization, Tomás Gómez and Aureliano Molina. Read more
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