miércoles, 29 de marzo de 2017

PROTECT TOMÁS GÓMEZ MEMBREÑO AND OTHER LAND DEFENDERS AT GRAVE RISK IN HONDURAS

Tomás Gómez Membreño is in grave danger because of his efforts to defend Indigenous lands and rights, work that includes challenging powerful economic interests like the Agua Zarca dam on the Gualcarque River.
Tomás is General Coordinator of the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (known as COPINH). He courageously assumed the role following the March 2016 assassination of the organization’s then-leader Berta Cáceres, amidst outspoken campaigning to stop the Agua Zarca dam. 
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