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July 20, 2020

Garífuna Land Defenders Kidnapped in Honduras
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In Honduras, three Garífuna land defenders were kidnapped over the
weekend in the northern coastal town of Triunfo de la Cruz. Snider
Centeno, Milton Martínez and Suany Álvarez were all taken from their
homes by heavily armed men in what local leaders say is the latest
attack against the community by the government of Honduran President
Juan Orlando Hernández, as Afro-Indigenous and Indigenous peoples
continue to fight against mining and other extractive industries on
sacred land.


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