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Dear friend,

The situation in Honduras is getting heavier by the day, with right-wing forces escalating their threats and attacks against the lives, lands, and territories of the country’s peasant, Indigenous, and Afro-Indigenous communities. Dozens of land defenders have been killed. Many have been detained.

In the face of these attacks, we are reaching out to ask you to join us for a solidarity action.

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In July, five members of the Black Fraternal Organization of Honduras (OFRANEH) were arrested during a violent eviction in the Garifuna community of San Juan, in the municipality of Tela, on the country’s Caribbean coast. While the individuals were later released, they are now facing criminal charges for "aggravated usurpation" of their own territory – Garifuna territories that the Honduran State has been ordered to protect by Inter-American Court of Human Rights. This criminalization is occurring in a context of rising violence against rural communities across all of Honduras.

In response to the recent attacks, OFRANEH and allies are mobilizing. At this very moment, they are camped outside the Supreme Court of Honduras in Tegucigalpa demanding justice, an end to criminalization, and respect for ancestral Garifuna rights. And they are calling for international solidarity. Please join us by taking this quick action [[link removed]] to send a message to the head judge of the Supreme Court of Honduras, and please spread the word to others.

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Thank you for joining us in solidarity.

Juan Reardon

Solidarity Program Officer for Latin America

Grassroots International



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