Murdered Honduran activist Berta Cáceres buried as others vow to continue fight
Murdered Honduran activist Berta Cáceres buried as others vow to continue fight
Cáceres, an environmental campaginer who was killed last week, had complained of death threats from police, the army and landowners’ groups
Associated Press
Saturday 5 March 2016 20.14 EST
A large crowd in Honduras has accompanied the body of Berta Cáceres to its final resting place amid calls for justice over this week’s killing of the indigenous leader and environmental activist.
Many of those carrying Cáceres’ coffin on their shoulders through the dusty streets of La Esperanza on Saturday were Lenca indigenous people for whose rights she had fought. Drummers pounded out Afro-Honduran rhythms as mourners chanted “The struggle goes on and on” and “Berta Cáceres is present, today and forever.”
The crowd marched more than 10km (6m) from Cáceres’ mother’s home to a chapel where a Mass was celebrated in her memory, and then to the cemetery in La Esperanza about 300km east of the capital. Her four daughters and her ex-husband were among the procession.
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Cáceres, 45, who was awarded the 2015 Goldman Environmental Prize for her role in fighting a dam project, had complained of death threats from police, the army and landowners’ groups. She was killed early on Thursday by gunmen who broke into her home and shot her four times.
More:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/06/murdered-honduran-activist-berta-caceres-buried-as-others-vows-to-continue-fight
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