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17 Sep 2020

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Honduras: MEPs propose Berta Cáceres and the defenders of Guapinol for a freedom of expression prize for their resistance against hydro and mining projects

"Left MEPs back Berta Cáceres and Guapinol activists for Sakharov Prize", 17th September 2020

The Left group in the European Parliament has nominated late Honduran activist Berta Cáceres and the water defenders of Guapinol for the European Parliament’s annual Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. 

Berta Cáceres was a courageous ecologist and human rights defender from the indigenous Lenka community in Honduras before she was assassinated in March 2016. Cáceres was co-founder of COPINH (Council of Indigenous People of Honduras). For over two decades she resisted land grabs, illegal logging and mega-projects such as the Agua Zarca hydro projects for which she was murdered. 

The Guapinol environmental defenders*, members of the Municipal Committee in Defense of Common and Public Goods of Tocoa, have been in detention without charge for over a year and awaiting trial for protesting against the actions of a mining company that contaminated the Guapinol and San Pedro rivers. Their judicial process has been riddled with irregularities and there are concerns about their welfare because of the overcrowded conditions during the pandemic. 

Part of the following timelines

Honduras: Fifth anniversary of Berta Cáceres murder - impunity still persists

Honduras: Cinco años del asesinato de Berta Cáceres - la impunidad todavía persiste

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