Back

Security & Strategic Review - March 2023

HONDURAS: Wave of activist killings piles fresh pressure on Castro

At least eight human rights defenders (HRDs) have been killed since the start of the year in northern Honduras, in the Bajo Aguán Valley, the site of long-running conflicts between peasant farmers and large landowners. This is already nearing the total of 12 HRDs killed last year. The murders, which have drawn alarm from the likes of the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), European Union and US, are subjecting the leftist Partido Libertad y Refundación (Libre) government led by President Xiomara Castro to fresh criticism of failing to deliver on a key human rights priority since taking office in late January 2022.

End of preview - This article contains approximately 1408 words.

Subscribers: Log in now to read the full article

Not a Subscriber?

Choose from one of the following options

LatinNews
Intelligence Research Ltd.
167-169 Great Portland Street,
5th floor,
London, W1W 5PF - UK
Phone : +44 (0) 203 695 2790
Contact
You may contact us via our online contact form
Copyright © 2022 Intelligence Research Ltd. All rights reserved.