Honduras - More threats and attacks on human rights activists

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There have been more cases of human rights activists, civil society representatives and journalists being harassed and threatened. In one of the latest instances, Radio Progreso contributor Roberto García and fellow environmentalist Cesar Alvarenga were threatened on 17 August in connection with their opposition to a mining project in Arizona, a community 30 km outside the northern city of Tela. At the same time, the lawyer and civil society activist Gloria Vásquez Pérez has been the target (...)

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