Court files stolen in case of murdered Honduran land rights activist: U.N.
Court files stolen in case of murdered Honduran land rights activist: U.N.
Tue Oct 4, 2016 | 12:49pm EDT
By Chris Arsenault
RIO DE JANEIRO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Court papers relating to the murder of high-profile Honduran land rights activist Berta Caceres have been stolen, the United Nations said, urging government officials to quickly recover the documents and investigate how the theft occurred.
Local media reported that the documents were stolen on Sept. 29 in the Honduran capital Tegucigalpa.
Caceres, who had received death threats over her work campaigning against the encroachment of hydroelectric dams and mines on indigenous lands, was killed in March.
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More than 100 land rights activists and environmentalists have been murdered in Honduras since 2010, the U.K.-based campaign group Global Witness said in March.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/us-honduras-landrights-activist-idUSKCN1241X9?rpc=401
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141589252