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July 8, 2016

Honduras: Another Activist from COPINH Killed
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In Honduras, another activist from the indigenous rights organization
COPINH has been killed. 49-year-old Lesbia Janeth Urquia was a mother of
three and a member of COPINH since the 2009 U.S.-backed military coup.
She had been one of the leaders of a campaign against the construction
of a privatized hydro-electric dam along a river in the region of La
Paz. Her body was found near a garbage dump on Wednesday. She had been
stabbed to death. Olivia Zúñiga, the daughter of murdered
environmentalist and COPINH leader Berta Caceres, spoke out.

Olivia Zúñiga: "This great defender of Mother Earth was initially
kidnapped and we know this unofficially because there is no official
version from the government. She was later found murdered with a blunt
weapon and this coincides precisely with the consultation that was going
to take place on Sunday organized by a human rights advocacy
organization called CIPRODEH. As coordinator of an organization I was
also planning to participate to say a resounding no to the construction
of dams in the Department of La Paz."



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