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3 Nov 2020

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Guapinol Resiste

14 Months of Illegal Detention

...The last review hearing the defenders had was a year ago when the judge ruled without legal foundation against them. Since then, the courts have refused to grant a new hearing - a blatant violation of their due process rights.

This week, the judiciary and many Honduran organizations are going on vacation.  But please don't take your eyes off Guapinol. On Tuesday, we will begin a new campaign to demand the release of the Guapinol River Defenders and we hope you will join us. We will send you more information on Tuesday morning. 

Last week marked two years since the brutal and arbitrary eviction of the Camp for Water and Life in Guapinol. The mining company Los Pinares had denounced the camp, which the affected communities set up to denounce the contamination of the rivers. The company filed a complaint, saying that the protesters had usurped their private property and caused damage.

Based on these false accusations, Judge Carlos Irias de León ordered the end of the camp and 1,500 state security agents were sent in to carry out his order...

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