Terror in the dark - Honduran land rights activist fears for her children but vows to fight on
Source: Reuters
Terror in the dark - Honduran land rights activist fears for her children but vows to fight on
Wed Aug 10, 2016 4:46pm BST
By Paola Totaro
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Award-winning Honduran land rights activist Ana Mirian Romero spends her days fighting for her children's future - and her nights fearing they will be killed in their sleep.
"I live every day with the fear of raids on my home where my children sleep," said the mother of five, who has received multiple death threats during her long battle against a hydroelectric dam in the southwest of the country. "
But) for me, defending my land is about defending my children's future."
Honduras has the highest murder rate for environmental activists in the world, according to advocacy group Global Witness.
But Romero, who recently won the 2016 Front Line Defenders Award for her campaign work, said her love of the land, forests and river that sustained her ancestors would not allow her to give up.
Read more: http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-honduras-landrights-activist-idUKKCN10L1OH?rpc=401
