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Campaign Unavailable We're sorry, this alert is no longer available. If you would like to learn more about ways you can take action, please visit Human Rights First.The short explanation of this alert was:
This incident is only the most recent in a series of mounting threats and violent attacks faced by the Garifuna community and their leaders over the last several years. Powerful business interests, who seek to benefit from developing Garifuna territory into major tourism projects, engage in intimidation and violence, with virtual impunity. Following the murder of two Garifuna community members in San Juan earlier this year and violent attacks against the San Juan community by security guards working for the real estate company, Ms. Garcia and other Garifuna leaders are in need of immediate protection. Urge the government of Honduras to protect the safety of Garifuna rights activists and ensure that those responsible for violent threats and criminal attacks against peaceful community leaders are brought to justice. If you would like to view details on this alert, please visit here. |
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An Afro-descendent community leader in Honduras, Jessica Garcia, was forced at gunpoint to sign a document surrendering land and rights to a powerful real estate company. After refusing to accept a bribe to endorse the document, a representative of the company threatened to kill Ms. Garcia, the leader of the San Juan Tela Patronato, which represents the interests of the San Juan Garifuna community, and to murder her children.