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As government delegations at last November’s UN climate change conference debated what action to take to confront our global climate emergency, activists outside projected images of community leaders murdered for their courageous efforts to protect the environment. More than a thousand environmental and land defenders have been killed since the Paris Agreement was signed, many […]

July 6, 2021 Share A Honduran man was convicted of homicide Monday in the 2016 killing of Berta Cáceres, a prize-winning environmental and Indigenous rights defender. After a three-month trial, the court unanimously found Roberto David Castillo Mejía guilty of participating in the killing of Cáceres, a member of the Lenca Indigenous group who led opposition to a dam project in which Castillo Mejía was involved. The court will convene on Aug. 2 to determine a sentence, which could be between 24 and 30 years. Castillo Mejía, who prosecutors say masterminded the killing, will remain...

Mastermind in 2016 killing of Honduran activist convicted Marlon González Tags:  Copyright 2021. The Associated Press. All rights reserved Roberto David Castillo is escorted by penitentiary police to hear the verdict by the Supreme Court in his trial connected to accusations that he is one of the intellectual authors responsible for the murder of environmentalist and Indigenous rights activist Berta Caceres, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Monday, July 5, 2021. Caceres was killed by armed men in her home on March 3, 2016. (AP Photo/ Elmer Martinez) TEGUCIGALPA – A Honduran man was convicted of ...

Roberto David Castillo is escorted by penitentiary police to hear the verdict in his trial connected to accusations that he is one of the intellectual authors responsible for the murder of environmentalist and Indigenous rights activist Berta Caceres, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, July 5, 2021. Elmer Martinez / AP TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — A Honduran man was convicted of homicide Monday in the 2016 killing of Berta Cáceres, a prize-winning environmental and Indigenous rights defender. After a three-month trial, the court unanimously found Roberto David Castillo Mejía guilty of participatin...

Berta Cáceres murder Trial in Honduras: Week April 26-30, 2021 For more details on the trial against David Castillo for the murder of Berta Cáceres…