The PBI-Honduras accompanied Civic Council of Grassroots and Indigenous Organisations in Honduras (COPINH) has posted on social media: “On World Earth Day, we cannot ignore the cry of a land that bleeds: Palestine. This is not a war, this is genocide! Palestine suffers, resists, cries, screams, endures, fights… lives! Because Read more…
PBI-Honduras has posted on social media: “We accompany the CNTC [National Union of Rural Workers] Tegucigalpa to the National Agrarian Institute with the aim of requesting the file that accredits the awarding of land in the case of the peasant organization October 18 (Suyatal Cedro, Francisco Morazán). From PBI, we Read more…
PBI-Honduras has posted: “Today, on International Earth Day, we celebrate the important advocacy work ARCAH does to protect water. Recently, we accompanied members of ARCAH in an activity in El Merendón (Choloma, Cortes), in which concern was expressed about the privatization of water in Honduras. From PBI, we remind you Read more…
Photo: COPINH co-founder Berta Cáceres met with Pope Francis at the Vatican on October 28, 2014. The Indigenous Lenca land defender was killed less than two years later on March 2, 2016, for her opposition to the Agua Zarca hydroelectric dam on the Gualcarque River, a river considered sacred by Read more…
Photo: Environmental defender Juan Bautista Silva Ventura and his son Juan Antonio. On February 28, COPINH posted: “ALERT Environmentalist Juan Bautista Silva Ventura and his son Juan Antonio were murdered in the community of Las Botijas, Comayagua. They disappeared after documenting illegal logging in the area and were found dead Read more…
Photo: Bardia Jebelí, Deputy Representative and Officer-in-Charge of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Honduras, presented the report on human rights in Honduras 2024. Photo by ReporterosdeInvestigación. On April 9, PBI-Honduras posted: “Yesterday we were present at the presentation of the Annual Report 2024 of Read more…
PBI-Honduras has posted: “We accompanied ARCAH to the community of Jiniguare, in the municipality of Ojojona, where we had the opportunity to listen to the collective concern about the construction of the Jiniguare Dam. The construction of this dam would cause the people living in the area to displace. From Read more…
PBI-Honduras has posted: “Yesterday [March 27], we accompanied the June 17 base together with the CNTC [National Union of Rural Workers] El Progreso [a city in the department of Yoro] in the trial for usurpation that was going to take place. However, due to various reasons, the hearing could not Read more…
The Committee of Relatives of the Detained and Disappeared in Honduras (COFADEH) has posted on Facebook: “#Memory #truth #justice #COFADEH During the internal tour, PBI visitors saw the building that was used as a detention space for large groups, according to survivors’ testimonies. They also visited a small building where Read more…
On March 20, PBI-Honduras posted: “Today we are closely following the verdict in the criminalization case against 13 defenders of the English-speaking Black people of the community of Diamond Rock, Roatan. In recent days, we have been observing the trial against the 13 people accused of damages, some also for Read more…