Lenca people

Demonstrators hold signs with Berta Cáceres' face outside a court.

‘Justice is not complete’: Honduras convicts 7 in the murder of Indigenous activist

Justice

Berta Cáceres led opposition to the hydroelectric dam construction on ancestral lands belonging to the Lenca people before she was shot and killed in March 2016. The seven convicted men face up to 30 years in jail.

rally

Assassins murdered Honduran activist Berta Cáceres. Her mother and daughters have taken up the fight.

Conflict
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