Violence against reporters covering mine protest in northern Honduras

NewsReporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Honduran authorities to guarantee the safety of journalists in Tocoa, in the northern department of Colón, who have been threatened and attacked for covering protests at a mine near the village of Guapinol, 10 km outside Tocoa. RSF also condemns attempts to bribe reporters. Eight journalists were physically attacked by police and soldiers on 27 October while covering the use of force to evict the more 350 environmental activists who had been camped outside the entranc

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