Honduras urged to protect witness in activist murder
Honduras urged to protect witness in activist murder
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Berta CaceresImage copyright Goldman Environmental Prize
Berta Caceres had successfully fought against the building of a massive hydroelectric power dam
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The UN and activist groups have called on Honduras to protect the only witness to last week's murder of indigenous rights campaigner Berta Caceres.
Gustavo Castro Soto, a Mexican national, survived the attack by gunmen in the Honduran town of La Esperanza. He was ordered to stay in Honduras, although Mexico and the UN said it was too dangerous for him.
Ms Caceres had led a campaign by the indigenous Lenca people against a dam project which threatened their lands.
"Gustavo should immediately be provided with effective protection and permitted to return to his country," said Michel Frost, UN special rapporteur on human rights campaigners.
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