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March 7, 2018

Imprisoned Honduran Activist Edwin Espinal Launches Hunger Strike
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Meanwhile, in more news from Honduras, activist Edwin Espinal has
launched a hunger strike to protest his ongoing imprisonment, after he
was arrested for protesting against the re-election of U.S.-backed,
right-wing President Juan Orlando Hernández. The Organization of
American States says the November election was marred by widespread
election fraud. Espinal has been jailed for nearly two months.


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