US Lawmakers Demand Effective Protection of Honduran Activists
US Lawmakers Demand Effective Protection of Honduran Activists
Published 16 March 2016 (2 hours 44 minutes ago)
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Family members of murdered Honduran activist Berta Caceres join hands. | Photo: AFP
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U.S. legislators urged Wednesday U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to properly address the “urgent situation” of trade unionists under death threat in Honduras.
The move followed the murder of a prominent activist Berta Caceres, co-founder of the Council of Indigenous Peoples in Honduras (Copinh) barely after a week she was threatened once again.
“The safety of activists throughout Central America remains a serious concern,” said the members of congress in the letter, “despite recent efforts” of the U.S. administration.
They demanded a series of measures aimed at holding the Honduran government more accountable if it failed to provide endangered activists with effective protection, whether they are “labor, campesino, Indigenous and Afro-Indigenous activists, LGBTI and other human rights defenders.”
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