#activcisme

World anger over Honduras activist Lesbia Yaneth Urquia’s death

A mother of three children, she was a member of the Council of Indigenous People of Honduras (Copinh) - the organisation founded by Caceres - and had been working to stop a hydroelectric project in Honduras’s western La Paz department.

Copinh said in a statement on its website: “The death of Lesbia Yaneth is a political femicide that tries to silence the voices of women with the courage and bravery to defend their rights.”

“We hold the Honduras government directly responsible for this murder.”
▻http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-36756937
Judicial officials said on Thursday they had opened an investigation into the killing.

#barrage