UN rapporteur ‘appalled’ by convictions for Honduran environmentalists who opposed open-pit mine
by Nina Lakhani from on (#5VZH7)
Legal and human rights experts condemn decision to find six activists guilty of crimes against mining company
Six Honduran environmentalists have been found guilty of crimes against a mining company, in a case widely condemned by legal and human rights experts.
The activists, from the small community of Guapinol, have been held in pre-trial detention for two and a half years after opposing an iron oxide mine which has polluted rivers relied upon by thousands of people.
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