Honduras - Journalists and human rights defenders stigmatized for covering land conflicts

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The Honduran Committee of Families of Disappeared Detainees (COFADEH) has told Reporters Without Borders that grave allegations were levelled against journalists, human rights defenders and civil society activists on 18 February by the head of the Xatruch Joint Intervention Force operating in Bajo Aguán, a militarized region in the northeastern department of Colón. Reporters Without Borders regards these accusations as a clear attempt to intimidate and censor, and fears for the lives of all (...)

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