8 March 2016 | News | Criminalization of COPINH | Free Honduras | Land grabbing | Social activists at risk | Berta lives on!
To the Honduran President, To the Supreme Court of Justice of Honduras, We want to express our rejection against the decision by the Honduran Prosecutor´s Office, which extended for 30 days more the border alert that prevents Mexican Gustavo Castro Soto from returning to his country. Read more
8 March 2016 | News | Criminalization of COPINH | Free Honduras | Land grabbing | Social activists at risk | Berta lives on!
The Council of Indigenous and Popular Organizations of Honduras (COPINH) is demanding an independent and impartial investigation into the political murder of Berta Isabel Cáceres Flores, COPINH´s General Coordinator. COPINH insists that independent and unbiased experts must carry out an investigation that will clearly identify the true intellectual and material authors of this political murder. of. We specifically demand that the Honduran government signs an agreement with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to send independent experts to conduct an unbiased, transparent and clean investigation. Read more
8 March 2016 | Videos | Criminalization of COPINH | Free Honduras | Land grabbing | Social activists at risk | Berta lives on!
Dozens of people met on Monday, in Montevideo, Uruguay, outside the Honduran Consulate in Uruguay to demand justice for the murder of Lenca indigenous leader Berta Cáceres, which took place on Thursday in La Esperanza municipality, Intibucá department, Honduras. Watch video
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
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
28 May 2014 | Interviews | Criminalization of COPINH | Social activists at risk
A few days before its 10th General Assembly, the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations (COPINH) had to mourn the death of two of its members. On Saturday 24, William Jacobo Rodriguez, a leader in defense of the Gualcarque River and against the Agua Zarca hydroelectric project was murdered on his way home, in Rio Blanco. The following day, in San Francisco de Opalaca and after an indigenous assembly, Irene Meza was shot. While he was still alive and being being transferred to a medical center, the vehicle was intercepted and he was shot another six times. Read more
14 March 2014 | News | Criminalization of COPINH | Social activists at risk
Friends of the Earth International is calling to join the cyberaction of the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH) in support of Maria Santos, Coordinator of the Indigenous Council of Rio Blanco, Intibucá and Honduras and member of COPINH, who was recently attacked because of her resistance actions against the “Agua Zarca” project. Read more
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