Freedom for the defenders of Guapinol (Libertad para los defensores de Guapinol) in Honduras have expressed their solidarity with 1492 Land Back Lane land defenders on Haudenosaunee territory in southern Ontario, Canada. They have tweeted: “National and international companies in collusion with state security apparatuses criminalize land and water defenders Read more…
On September 14, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet presented a Global Human Rights Update to the Human Rights Council. That report noted: “The severe socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Americas region should alert all actors to the urgency of addressing the region’s profound inequalities Read more…
“Freedom for the defenders of the Guapinol River!” Libertad para los defensores de Guapinol (Freedom for the defenders of Guapinol) has been posting on their Twitter and Facebook accounts as well as their website (in English) about the defenders imprisoned this past year for protecting the Guapinol River from being Read more…
On September 7, the Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project posted on its Facebook page: “COPINH, an accompanied organization, warns about a new suspension of the David Castillo process after the defence presented a challenge. Now waiting for a response from the Court of Appeals.” The COPINH alert states: “Hearing against David Read more…
Photo: The Guapinol Camp in Defence of Water and Life. On August 29, the Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project posted on their Facebook page this Amnesty International urgent action. That urgent action notes: “On 13 August a Court of Appeals revoked dismissals of [five] defenders belonging to the Municipal Committee for Read more…
On August 31, Tilly Metz, a Member of the European Parliament from Luxembourg representing The Greens, tweeted: “Defending the right to water and land against mining companies should not be a crime. President of Honduras, @JuanOrlandoH, it’s time to put an end to the criminalization of the water defenders of Read more…
Photo: On October 10, 2019, PBI-Honduras went to observe the hearing of former DESA executive David Castillo for the murder of Berta Cáceres. That preliminary hearing was suspended after Castillo’s defence filed an appeal. On August 26, Reuters reported: “A Honduran judge [today] ordered the start of the trial of Read more…
In October 2019, PBI-Honduras accompanied CEHPRODEC on a march in the capital city of Tegucigalpa in defence of water against mining. On July 29, the Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project posted: “According to Global Witness, Honduras was the country with the highest percentage increase in murders of land and territory defenders, Read more…
On July 22, the Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project issued ALERT: THE RISK AND VULNERABILITY OF THE TRANS WOMEN’S COLLECTIVE CONTINUES TO INCREASE; MURDER OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER AND MEMBER OF THE RAINBOW ASSOCIATON SCARLET CAMBEL that states: The objective of this ALERT is to show our concern about the Read more…
Photo: Sneider Centeno, one of the Garifuna land defenders kidnapped on July 18. On the morning of Saturday July 18, Miriam Miranda, the leader of the Black Fraternal Organization of Honduras (OFRANEH), tweeted: “We are informed from the community of Triunfo de la Cruz, that the president of the Board Read more…