Children of Murdered Activist Berta Caceres Face Harassment
Children of Murdered Activist Berta Caceres Face Harassment
Published 24 March 2016 (7 hours 39 minutes ago)
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Olivia Zuniga Caceres, daughter of murdered Indigenous activist leader Berta Caceres, calls for justice during a
meeting in Tegucigalpa, March 15, 2016. | Photo: AFP
Published 24 March 2016 (7 hours 39 minutes ago)
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Laura Zuniga Caceres, the daughter of murdered Honduran environmental rights activist Berta Caceres, said her family has faced at least four incidents of harassment since their mother was killed on March 3.
Since Caceres was shot and killed in her own home, her daughter and three sons traveled back to Honduras where they say unknown armed men have been following them and strangers have showed up to photograph their grandmother's home where the family has been staying.
Zuniga Caceres denounced these acts in a special conference in Washington Wednesday, where she also requested to meet Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez in person to ask for additional security measures.
“We live within a fence that the government built for us. They don't say they're investigating. They have ignored us in a bestial way,” said Zuniga Caceres, who is herself an activist. She also requested that Washington put pressure on the Honduran government to investigate her mother's murder.
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