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February 14, 2022

Honduran Court Releases Environmental Activists Who Protested Open-Pit Mining Project
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In Honduras, a group of environmental defenders from the community of
Guapinol have been freed after the Supreme Court on Thursday threw out a
case against them. Six people were convicted for protesting an open-pit
iron oxide mine project in the northern Honduran region of Tocoa. They
had been wrongfully placed in pretrial detention since 2019. The mine is
inside a national forest reserve and has polluted local rivers sacred to
the community.


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