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Five years after Berta Cáceres was murdered, governments are still failing to protect human rights defenders

Photo Credit: Image of Lenca defender Berta Cáceres by Camila Villota B/Amnesty International By Mary Lawlor, United Nations Special Rapporteur...

Honduras: Authorities must guarantee transparency in trial of man accused of plotting the murder of Berta Cáceres

Given the lack of publicity around this morning’s pre-trial hearing against David Castillo, the only person accused of masterminding the...

Honduras: Authorities must deploy all necessary measures to locate five victims of apparent enforced disappearance

Almost two weeks on from the illegal abduction of five men in an apparent case of enforced disappearance in the...

Honduras: Exercising the right to protest has a high cost for those who dare take to the streets

The government of President Juan Orlando Hernández has embarked on a policy of repression against those who protest in the...

Honduras: Authorities must recognize the work of human rights defenders during protests

In response to the attacks against human rights defenders who were monitoring protests in Honduras in recent days, Erika Guevara-Rosas,...

Honduras: Authorities must bring all those suspected of responsibility for the murder of Berta Cáceres to justice

Three years after the murder of Berta Cáceres, the Honduran defender of environmental and Indigenous rights, Erika Guevara-Rosas, Americas director...

Honduras: Half-truths for Berta Cáceres and her family 

The irregularities in the investigation and court proceedings relating to the murder of prominent human rights defender Berta Cáceres, combined...

Honduras: Court is violating the rights of Berta Cáceres’ family

Responding to the decision of the National Criminal Court that the trial of those accused of the killing of Berta...

Honduras: Authorities must guarantee the safety of defenders and journalists targeted in smear campaigns

In light of the situation facing human rights defenders and journalists in Honduras, Erika Guevara-Rosas, Americas Director at Amnesty International,...

Honduras: Judicial authorities must investigate all those responsible for the killing of Berta Cáceres

In anticipation of the evidentiary hearing in the criminal case against eight people accused of the killing of Berta Cáceres...

Honduras: Authorities are denying due process to people arrested during post-election protests

Honduran authorities have continued to violate the human rights of people arrested during last year’s post-election protests by denying their...

Honduras: Arrest of DESA executive must be followed by further action against those behind the killing of Berta Cáceres

Following the Honduran authorities’ decision to charge Roberto David Castillo, the executive president of Desarrollos Energéticos S.A. (DESA), for his...

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