In 2018, mining was the deadliest industrial sector for environmental defenders, according to a new annual report,” Enemies of the State?”, by the non-governmental organisation Global Witness. The NGO reports that 43 people […]
Agribusiness is now linked to more killings of environmental defenders than any other industry, according to a new annual report by the non-governmental organisation Global Witness. The number of environmental defenders killed […]
At least two hundred environmental activists were killed in 2016, according to a new report by the non-governmental organisation Global Witness. And nearly 40 percent of those murdered were from indigenous communities. […]
On the night of March 2 one year ago armed men burst into the home of the indigenous environmental activist Berta Cáceres Flores in La Esperanza, Honduras, and gunned her down. On […]
The non-governmental organisation Global Witness has just released a scathing report about the murder of environmental activists in Honduras. The NGO names the president of Honduras’ ruling party, Gladis Aurora López, as […]
Four men have been arrested in connection with the murder of Honduran indigenous activist Berta Cáceres Flores, who was gunned down in her home in La Esperanza two months ago. Two of […]
One month after the assassination of Honduran indigenous activist Berta Cáceres, the witness to her murder – environmentalist Gustavo Castro Soto – has finally been allowed to return home to Mexico. Castro, […]
The Dutch development bank, FMO, which is the main European funder of the Agua Zarca hydroelectric dam project, has suspended all its activities in Honduras after the murder of another indigenous activist. […]
There has been an international outcry over the assassination of Honduran indigenous activist Berta Cáceres Flores. Tributes continue to flood in, and there have been calls to action from diverse organisations around […]
Honduran indigenous activist Berta Cáceres Flores has been murdered in her home. Cáceres was the coordinator and co-founder of the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organisations of Honduras (COPINH), and won […]
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