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HRD Attack

6 Jul 2016

Lesbia Yaneth Urquia

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Incident date
6 Jul 2016
Date accuracy
All Correct
Female
Indigenous peoples
Killings
Target: Individual
Location of Incident: Honduras
La Aurora Honduras Hydropower & dam projects
Other actors
Local & state authorities

Sources

Front Line Defenders, www.copinh.org, business-humanrights.org

Indigenous rights defender, Lesbia Yaneth Urquia, opposing hydroelectric dam La Aurora, assassinated. Lesbia was an active member of El Consejo Cívico de Organizaciones Populares e Indígenas de Honduras - COPINH.

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