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Berta Caceres: Murdered Honduran activist buried | |
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The funeral has taken place of the murdered Honduran indigenous activist, Berta Caceres. | The funeral has taken place of the murdered Honduran indigenous activist, Berta Caceres. |
An award-winning environmentalist, she was killed on Thursday by gunmen who broke into her house. | An award-winning environmentalist, she was killed on Thursday by gunmen who broke into her house. |
Her killing was internationally condemned, with Oscar-winner Leonardo de Caprio tweeting that Ms Caceres' work should be honoured. | |
She had led protests against a hydro-dam project and her son said she was killed for economic reasons. | She had led protests against a hydro-dam project and her son said she was killed for economic reasons. |
Her family say she had been living with constant and serious threats for months from police, politicians and construction companies. | Her family say she had been living with constant and serious threats for months from police, politicians and construction companies. |
Thousands of people carried her coffin through her home town of La Esperanza, about 200km (124 miles) from the capital, Tegucigalpa. | Thousands of people carried her coffin through her home town of La Esperanza, about 200km (124 miles) from the capital, Tegucigalpa. |
A mother of four who would have been 45 on Friday, Ms Caceres rose to prominence when she led the fight of the Lenca indigenous people against a hydroelectric dam project that could flood large area of native lands and cut off water supplies to hundreds. | |
Despite living with constant threats she won the 2015 Goldman Environmental Prize, considered the world's top award for grassroots environmental activism. | Despite living with constant threats she won the 2015 Goldman Environmental Prize, considered the world's top award for grassroots environmental activism. |
Berta Caceres' family has accused the authorities of trying to portray her death as a random murder instead of an assassination because of her activism against large mining and environmental companies. | |
The week before her murder she had denounced the murder of four indigenous leaders in the Lenca community. | The week before her murder she had denounced the murder of four indigenous leaders in the Lenca community. |
"This is a political crime," said Berta's daughter, Olivia Zuniga Caceres. "We totally deny that this was a crime of passion." | |
Police say they have arrested a man and minor who they say belonged to an organisation founded by Ms Caceres and allege they are responsible for the murder. | |
Olivia Zuniga says the family have contacted international investigators to look into her mother's death. | |
"This will ensure that there is no more corruption, no more bribery, and will give us confidence." | "This will ensure that there is no more corruption, no more bribery, and will give us confidence." |
She said the funeral was a celebration of Berta Caceres's life. "She lived and died fighting. We don't feel sad, we don't feel fear, we are going to demand justice until the end." she said. |
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