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1. Crime in Cabañas: (Mining and Human Rights); The Crime in Cabañas Originally Published in the print newspaper Voces February 22, 2010 Translated by Jan Morrill Between August and December 2009 at least five people were assassinated in ...; Created on 20 March 2012
2. Public statement from social movement organizations on the detention of members of the Santa Marta community and ADES in El Salvador: (Media Releases); ... contributed enormously to the development of the country, especially in environmental protection in areas such as the fight against metallic mining. 2. We are not opposed to investigating crimes committed ...; Created on 13 January 2023
3. MIRIAN MIRANDA: There is a genocidal plan against the Garífuna people: (Regional News); ... has created the conditions for its entire structure to be against human rights defenders. And not only in Honduras, but we are talking about regions all over the world. That is why it becomes a crime for ...; Created on 25 December 2021
4. To the General Public, The Peaceful Resistance of La Puya states: (La Puya International Support Letter); ... other things. The case is in the charge of the Magistrate of the 4th Court (for criminal, drug activity, and crimes against the environment), in session from the 25th March 2021, the judge in charge ...; Created on 23 May 2021
5. Canada’s Mining Industry Is Spreading Havoc Around the World — With Justin Trudeau’s Support: (Mining and Human Rights); ... rights, in practice, they have served to prop up Canada’s predatory, globe-trotting mining industry. Crimes and Misconduct Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has recently criticized ...; Created on 07 May 2021
6. A New Environmentalist Playbook An improbable victory in El Salvador offers lessons for grassroots activists worldwide: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... El Salvador’s attorney general’s office classified the killing as a “common gang crime,” but the water defenders were convinced that mining interests and their local political allies had masterminded the ...; Created on 23 April 2021
7. El Salvador’s Water Defenders and the Fight Against Toxic Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... murder—nor the subsequent murders of other water defenders—but called it a “common gang crime” and arrested a few “gang members.” We never learn, however, what those “gang members” said about Rivera’s ...; Created on 11 April 2021
8. US Senators introduce bill to tackle corruption & rights violations in Honduras - cite Guapinol case: (Mining and Human Rights); ... hold Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, national officials, and members of the police and military accountable for these crimes will fuel widespread poverty and violence and force more families ...; Created on 23 February 2021
9. Honduran justice denies defenders of the Guapinol river to wait for their trial in freedom: (Regional News); ... Los Pinares company property owned by couple Lenir Pérez and Ana Facussé, son-in-law and daughter, respectively, of the late businessman Miguel Facussé Barjum, were initially charged with the crimes of ...; Created on 28 December 2020
10. Canadian corporate greed on display in Mexico mining dispute: (Regional News); ... kilometres north of Los Filos in Guerrero state, as well as others elsewhere in the country, as industrial mines in Mexico have become targets for extortion by organized crime, often in collusion with ...; Created on 28 November 2020
11. How Honduras became one of the most dangerous countries to defend natural resources: (Mining and Human Rights); ... protesters held in pre-trial detention since 2019 for alleged crimes linked to their opposition to an iron oxide mine which threatens to contaminate their water supply. Five more water defenders from Guapinol, ...; Created on 07 October 2020
12. After trying to protect water sources, these Hondurans have been held without bail for more than a year.: (Mining and Human Rights); Jackie McVicar AmericaMagazine Every Wednesday morning, Gabriela Sorto wakes up early to make lunch for her dad, Porfirio. He has not been convicted of a crime but, along with six other local men ...; Created on 25 September 2020
13. 5 Garífuna Leaders Are Still Missing in Honduras: (Regional News); ... racist and corrupt Honduran state has denied the Garífuna people opportunities and as a result of all the crimes that have been committed against us, we have been forced to migrate to seek a better life ...; Created on 03 September 2020
14. One year on and Honduran Environmental Defenders still in jail without trial: (Mining and Human Rights); ... also handed themselves in a few months later, but paradoxically, the judge issued a pre-trial detention order. No evidence of the alleged crimes having taken place was presented, not to mention evidence ...; Created on 01 September 2020
15. The Honduran government intensifies persecution against defenders of the Guapinol River: (Regional News); ... who have been in preventive prison for 11 months, for the alleged crimes of aggravated arson to the detriment of the Los Pinares mining company and deprivation of liberty against Santos Corea, the head ...; Created on 20 August 2020
16. Legal Defense: Honduran Courts Rule to Sustain Political Persecution in Guapinol Case: (Regional News); ... prosecution more than 30 community members for unsubstantiated crimes. The legal team points to the denial of justice for the imprisoned defenders, as five months have passed between the court decision ...; Created on 18 August 2020
17. We Are in Danger Daily: Honduran Afro-Indigenous Garífuna Demand Return of Kidnapped Land Defenders: (Mining and Human Rights); ... or say, “This person was the one who committed the crime,” or “This person was the one who did it,” but the intellectual authors will remain with impunity. And this is one of the reasons why I feel like ...; Created on 17 August 2020
18. Pandemic fuels mining extraction in Latin America: (Regional News); ... Honduras has been considered one of the most corrupt and servile countries to transnational capitals. The situation worsened after the coup d'état, due to its links to organized crime and the increase in ...; Created on 09 August 2020
19. The state of Siege in Izabal and Alta Verapaz: shelters, poppies, and the fear of repression: (Regional News); ... department of Alta Verapaz. The government's justification for decreeing the state of Siege is that the presence of organized crime groups carrying out illicit activities such as drug trafficking, illegal ...; Created on 22 July 2020
20. Social organizations reject militarization in five municipalities of Guatemala: (Regional News); ... such as drug trafficking, organized crime, and illegal activities. The Association of University Students "Oliverio Castañeda de León" and the Center for Legal Action in Human Rights (CALDH) believe that ...; Created on 20 July 2020

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