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Sisters of Mercy celebrate release of clean-water activists in Honduras
Feb 21, 2022
by David Agren, Catholic News Service
MEXICO CITY — The Sisters of Mercy celebrated the release of six anti-mining protesters in Honduras, who spent nearly two-and-a-half years in pre-trial detention — in a case the country's Supreme Court said should have never proceeded.
"We celebrate the release of the #Guapinol Water Defenders who were wrongly imprisoned and tried for protecting their communities from destructive mining," the Sisters of Mercy tweeted Feb. 11, two days after the Supreme Court decision.
"People around the world stood with them because protecting water is not a crime. They deserve reparations."
Six men — part of a group known as the Guapinol 8 — were convicted Feb. 9 on charges of causing criminal damage and the illegal detention of the mining company's security chief, according to the Guardian newspaper. Two of the accused were found not guilty.
More:
https://www.ncronline.org/news/earthbeat/environment/news/sisters-mercy-celebrate-release-clean-water-activists-honduras