Indigenous Political Prisoners Struggle for Justice in Honduras
Political Prisoners*by Sandra Cuffe
"With the good intentions of transmitting" a message of hope to all the compañeros in different communities, to indigenous peoples, to those of us struggling for justice, those of us who are always characterized by our work to defend the rights of the people, especially the right to our lands and all the resources our communities possess…"
These words, spoken by political prisoner Marcelino Miranda, reflect the unshakeable hope and courage that three years in jail have not been able to tarnish. Last Monday marked the three-year anniversary of the violent police attack on the remote Lenca descendent community of Montaña Verde, in southwestern Honduras, which led to the unjust imprisonment of Marcelino and his brother Leonardo.
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* Leonardo Miranda, Luciano Pineda and Marcelino Miranda
** For more information, to get involved in the campaign to free the Montaña Verde political prisoners, or to send tax-deductible donations for legal and humanitarian support for them and their families, contact Rights Action:info@rightsaction.org, 416-654-2074, www.rightsaction.org
Rights Action (a tax-charitable non-profit organization in the USA and Canada) funds community-controlled development, environmental, human rights and emergency projects in the global south, particularly in Guatemala, Chiapas (Mexico), Honduras and Haiti and beyond. We do education and activism work with North Americans and help form north-south alliances to remedy global exploitation, repression, enviro-destruction and racism.
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