Environmentalists being brutally murdered across Honduras as they fight for Indigenous people's rights… Industry employees attack activists with machetes

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<p>‘People atte i g a i ter atio al gatheri g to ho or the life of i ige o s lea er Berta Caceres, were br tally attacke by people allege ly affiliate with the am compa y, DESA. Caceres spe t m ch of her life lea i g the resista ce agai st a hy roelectric mega-project that the Ho ra compa y ha pla e for her comm ity. She was the co-fo er of a gro p calle the Co cil of Pop lar a I ige o s Orga izatio s of Ho ras (COPINH).</p>
<p>Prior to the gatheri g, DESA ha release a stateme t that ma y people i terprete as a irect threat to members of COPINH. The attack was shocki gly viole t, with at least fo r people bei g attacke with machetes a rocks, as arme age ts esce e o the peacef l emo strators. The gro p of early 1,300 emo strators was ma e p of people from Ho ras a i ter atio al elegatio s represe ti g 22 iffere t co tries aro the worl , a i cl e chil re .’</p>
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