Honduras: Protect Water Defenders Under Attack
Water defender Oquelí Domínguez was killed in the community of Guapinol (department of Colón, northern Honduras) on June 15, 2023. His assassination comes five months after the fatal shooting of […]
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Honduras: Water defenders killed
Oquelí Domínguez, brother of defenders Aly and Reynaldo Domínguez was killed in the community of Guapinol (department of Colón, northern Honduras) on June 15, 2023. Five months earlier, defenders Aly […]
Honduras: Conviction of David Castillo is a step towards justice, but full truth must be uncovered
David Castillo, former manager of the company Desarrollos Energéticos, and the person in charge of the Agua Zarca hydroelectric project, was found guilty of participating as co-author in the 2016 […]
Honduras: Amnesty International to observe trial over killing of human rights defender Berta Cáceres
Amnesty International will observe the trial of eight people accused of the 2016 murder of Honduran human rights defender Berta Cáceres, beginning next Monday, 17 September at the Supreme Court […]
Crucial Moment to Support Human Rights Defenders and Justice for Berta in Honduras
More than 59,000 supporters of Amnesty Canada have raised their voices to demand justice in Honduras since beloved Indigenous rights defender Berta Caceres was gunned down in her home on March 2, […]
Crucial Moment to Support Human Rights Defenders and Justice for Berta in Honduras
More than 59,000 supporters of Amnesty Canada have raised their voices to demand justice in Honduras since beloved Indigenous rights defender Berta Caceres was gunned down in her home on March 2, […]
Show your support for Berta and the defenders of COPINH in Honduras
This month, the land and water defenders of the Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH), have requested visible support from around the world. Why now? This month marks […]
Honduras: Failure to identify those behind Berta Cáceres’ murder puts other activists at risk
The Honduran authorities’ failure to identify those who ordered the brutal murder of the environmental human rights defender Berta Cáceres and bring them to justice puts hundreds of human rights […]
Honduran water defenders under attack
Download a copy of the 2nd UA 03/23 below Attacks on Honduran water defenders in the community of Guapinol persist a month after the murder of activists, Aly Magdaleno Domínguez […]
As temperatures rise, our solidarity action with threatened climate protectors is more important then ever
As government delegations at last November’s UN climate change conference debated what action to take to confront our global climate emergency, activists outside projected images of community leaders murdered for […]
Americas: States are failing to adequately protect rights of health workers on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic
As government representatives meet at the World Health Organization’s annual assembly to make crucial decisions regarding the international response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Amnesty International released a report today on […]
Americas: States cracked down on asylum and the right to protest in 2019
As millions took to the streets to protest rampant violence, inequality, corruption and impunity, or were forced to flee their countries in search of safety, states across the Americas clamped […]
