More threats and attacks on human rights activists
More threats and attacks on human rights activists
Published on Thursday 23 August 2012.
There have been more cases of human rights activists, civil society representatives and journalists being harassed and threatened.
In one of the latest instances, Radio Progreso contributor Roberto García and fellow environmentalist Cesar Alvarenga were threatened on 17 August in connection with their opposition to a mining project in Arizona, a community 30 km outside the northern city of Tela.
At the same time, the lawyer and civil society activist Gloria Vásquez Pérez has been the target of repeated threats and attacks in recent months.
Reporters Without Borders is very worried about their safety and reiterates its call to the Honduran authorities to give them protection. Because of the leading role they play in circulating information, Radio Progreso and community radio stations are constantly threatened.
More:
http://en.rsf.org/honduras-more-threats-and-attacks-on-human-23-08-2012,43275.html