The news was celebrated by her organization COPINH and her family, but they emphasized that the intellectual authors of the crime have yet to face justice.

The judicial convictions of the material and intellectual murderers of Indigenous leader Berta Cáceres have yet to be ratified. According to several activists, this is due to the interference of private capital in Honduran justice

On the seventh anniversary of Berta Cáceres’ assassination, COPINH demanded that the government of President Xiomara Castro dismantle impunity and extractive industries

Members of the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras, which was founded by Berta Cáceres, have said that true justice will not be delivered until the ‘intellectual authors’ of the crime are prosecuted and sentenced

Cáceres’ organization, COPINH, declared the ruling a ‘people’s victory’ and step towards breaking the pact of impunity in Honduras

As the trial of David Castillo inches towards the end, COPINH and the family of Berta Cáceres have called for an end to impunity for those involved in planning her assassination

Five years have passed since Berta Cáceres, Honduran indigenous revolutionary organizer and human rights defender, was assassinated in La Esperanza. COPINH along with other progressive organizations are determined to continue their struggle in pursuit of justice for Berta Cáceres

Berta’s organization, COPINH, has called for a series of global actions to intensify the struggle demanding justice in her case

The COVID-19 pandemic has introduced new challenges in the struggle for justice for Berta Cáceres, a leader of COPINH assassinated by hitmen with links to the Honduran state in 2016

Berta Cáceres was assassinated nearly four years ago by hitmen in her home in La Esperanza, Honduras, despite overwhelming evidence linking the most powerful families in Honduras to the crime, justice has yet to be served

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On December 2, seven people will be sentenced for their role in the assassination of Honduran social leader Berta Cáceres. However, this is only the first step as those who planned and financed the crime are yet to be brought to justice