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Activists protest against the murder of indigenous environmentalist Berta Cáceres in Tegucigalpa. Honduras, on 18 May. Photograph: Orlando Sierra/AFP/Getty Images
Protecting those who work to defend the environment is a human rights issue ()
Authors: John H Knox, Michel Forst and Victoria Tauli-Corpuz Date: June 5th, 2016 Source: The Guardian The enjoyment of a vast range of human rights, including rights to life, health, food, water, and housing, depend on a healthy and sustainable environment. Today, on World Environment Day, let…
El asesinato de Lesbia Yaneth Urquía y el precio de ser ambientalista en Honduras ()
La ambientalista que protestó contra la construcción de hidroeléctricas y proyectos mineros en Honduras fue asesinada solo cuatro meses después que su compañera Berta Cáceres. Para los activistas, su muerte es un mensaje para que la lucha por el ambiente se termine en Honduras. Por Xiomara…
Mediante decreto ejecutivo oficializan concepto de agricultura familiar en el país ()
En Honduras, los productores familiares contribuyen con el 56,5 por ciento  del sector y contribuyen con la generación del 76 por ciento de empleo agrícola. Con el objetivo de fortalecer las acciones para impulsar el desarrollo rural con especial atención a los productores de pequeña escala, el…
Justice for Berta: Honduran women activists launch land rights campaign ()
By: Vicki Gass Date: September 20th 2016 Source: Oxfam America Women are banding together in Honduras and around the world to demand #LandRightsNow. “The very investigations conducted by the Public Prosecutor’s office have confirmed the direct involvement of the DESA Company in the…
Court files stolen in case of murdered Honduran land rights activist: UN ()
By: Chris Arsenault Date: October 4th 2016 Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation "If this is how the state is handling evidence in the case, then how can we trust their final outcome?" RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 4 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Court papers relating to the murder of high-profile Honduran…
Cumbre del movimiento social y popular hondureño contra el extractivismo superó todas las expectativas ()
Tras tres jornadas de trabajo intenso cerró exitosamente este martes (15/11) la primera Cumbre de los pueblos y comunidades en lucha contra el extractivismo, impulsada y coordinada por la Plataforma del Movimiento Social y Popular de Honduras (PMSPH). Más de 700 delegados y delegadas de unas 400…
U.S. lawmakers urge end to Honduras security aid after murder of land rights activist ()
By: Chris Arsenault Date: 13 December 2016 Source: Thomsn Reuters Foundation A group of U.S. lawmakers is making a year-end push to suspend millions of dollars in military assistance to Honduras, citing mounting human rights concerns, including the murder of high-profile land rights activist…
Prominent Honduran land rights activists report death threats ()
By: Paola Totaro Date: 16 December 2016 Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation Four high profile Honduran rights activists fighting to protect their ancestral lands in the southwest of the country have received death threats, including a home visit by a man wielding a machete, a monitoring group…