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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Nina Lakhani

UN rapporteur ‘appalled’ by convictions for Honduran environmentalists who opposed open-pit mine

A family washes clothes in the waters of the Guapinol river on the outskirts of Tocoa, Colon department.
A family washes clothes in the waters of the Guapinol river on the outskirts of Tocoa, Colón department. Photograph: Orlando Sierra/AFP/Getty Images

Six Honduran environmentalists have been found guilty of crimes against a mining company, in a case widely condemned by legal and human rights experts.

The activists, from the small community of Guapinol, have been held in pre-trial detention for two and a half years after opposing an iron oxide mine which has polluted rivers relied upon by thousands of people.

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