COPINH

Co-founded by Berta Caceres in 1992, COPINH (Consejo Civico de Organizaciones Populares e Indigenas de Honduras) is a leading organization in Honduras, struggling in defense of land, human rights, the environment and a fair and just “development” model; leading the struggle against the military-backed, ‘open-for-global-business’, undemocratic and corrupt Honduran regime.

Here, archives related to our work in support of COPINH from 1999 - February 2016. We also have archives related to the assassination of Berta Cáceres and the aftermath through the present day. Click here for those archives.

1999 December 12 - Rights Action calls for international solidarity & support

2000 July 12 - On-going Repression in Honduras

2000 September 14 - “Honduran Indigenous Rights Activists Attacked by Police, Denied Medical Care”

2000 September 15 - CONPAH Statement About: Honduran repression against indigenous activists

2001 August - COPINH Report : “Puede Haber Consecuencias”

2001 November 01 - Honduras: Repression Against COPINH Protestors & the New/Old “war on terrorism”

2001 November 15 - Urgent Action from COPINH and Rights Action comments, “His Name was Jose Roberto Isidro…”

2002 August 31 - Indigenous of Honduras Protest, Pledge to Continue Resisting Colonialism

2002 October 29 - Human Rights Award for COPINH, in Honduras (English)

2002 October 29 - Premio en Derechos Humanos para COPINH, en Honduras (Español)

2003 January 19 - Repression Against Indigenous Community of Montaña Verde

2003 February 20 - “The Anti-War Protest You Didn’t Hear About”, by M. Ginsberg-Jaeckle

2003 March 28 - Report on Illegal Police Assault and Brutality in Indigenous Community Montaña Verde

2003 May 05 - Indigenous Campesino Prisoners in Honduras

2003 June 07 - COPINH Demands Education Reform in Honduras

2003 August 08 - How to Fight for and Defend the Right to Education

2003 August 09 - Water, Wood, Community Rights and State Repression

2003 August 19 - “For the Water, Life, and Land of the Peoples!”, by S. Cuffe

2003 September 10 - “Clamouring for Justice, From the Mountains to the Capital”, by S. Cuffe

2003 September 16 - Urgent Action - Montaña Verde

2003 October 27 - Urgent Action - Montaña Verde

2004 January 04 - Urgent Action - 25 Year Jail Sentences for Political Prisoners

2004 March 30 - Political Prisoner Update

2004 April 10 - The Struggle for Forests, Water and Justice in Olancho

2004 May 08 - On-going Struggle for a Healthy and Sane Development Model and the Rule of Law

2004 May 25 - Urgent Action: COPINH and Other Organization Leaders Facing Death Threats, Harassment, Persecution in Intibuca

2004 August 02 - Freedom Now for Marcelino & Leonardo Miranda!

2004 September 01 - Call for International Solidarity

2004 October 18 - Urgent Action for the Miranda Brothers Political Prisoners

2004 November 16 - Political Prisoner Update

2004 November 30 - Amnesty International Press Release

2004 December 14 - Message from Marcelino Miranda, Honduran Political Prisoner

2005 January 10 - Remembering Iginio Hernandez Vazquez, Indigenous Community Land Activist Murdered

2005 January 30 - Amnesty International Urgent Action

2005 June 10 - Montaña Verde Community Leader Feliciano Pineda Gravely Injured, Jailed on Fabricated Charges; COPING Affiliated Communities Face Ongoing Violent Human Rights Violations

2005 July 05 - Ongoing Struggles for Indigenous Land Rights; Ongoing Repression

2005 October 23 - Montaña Verde Political Prisoner Update

2006 January 12 - “Indigenous Political Prisoners Struggle for Freedom and Justice”, by S. Cuffe

2006 January 24 - “Human Rights Defenders at Risk”, Amnesty International Report

2006 February 16 - Feliciano Pineda - campesino political prisoner from Montaña Verde - WAS RELEASED!

2006 June 23 - Court Acquits Political Prisoner Marcelino and Leonardo Miranda

2006 July 19 - COPINH Press Release

2006 July 30 - Good News & Bad News, Action Needed

2006 August 29 - COPINH Communique, “Nueva Victoria Indigena y Popular”

2009 May 28 - “COPINH Calls for Insurrection, If the People are not Consulted”, by M. Palacios

2009 June 25 - Crisis in Honduras: Democracy in the Balance

2010 February 18 - The Struggle Continues to Refound the Nation

2011 July 04 - “The Different Logics Within the Honduran Resistance: An Interview with Berta Cáceres”, by T. Gordon and J. Webber

2013 May 18 - Urgent Action; “The Agua Zarca Dam”, article by A. Bird

2013 May 25 - Urgent Action: Berta Cáceres & Thomas Gomez of COPINH Detained in Honduras

2013 June 18 - Victory for Berta Cáceres, COPING and the Honduran Resistance: 74-day blockade and protest against Agua Zarca hydroelectric dam in Rio Blanco continues

2013 July 17 - Tomas Garcia Shot Dead by Honduran Military, His Son Also Shot, in Serious Condition

2013 August 01 - “The Murder of Tomas Garcia by the Honduran Military”, by School of the Americas Watch

2013 August 08 - Where the Blood Flows and the Rivers are Dammed”, Aljazeera Article by L. Carasik

2013 August 23 - “Struggle in Rio Blanco, Honduras: 142 Days and Counting…”, by K. Spring

2013 September 24 - Berta Cáceres, and other COPINH Members, Targets of Legal-Political Persecution

2013 October 10 - Freedom for Honduran Indigenous Leader Berta Cáceres

2013 October 06 - “The Agua Zarca Dam and Lenca Communities in Honduras: Transnational Investments Leads to Violence Against and Criminalization of Indigenous Communities”, by A. Bird

2014 March 10 - Machete Attack on COPING’s Maria Santos Dominguez, Her Husband and Son

2014 April 07 - “One Year of Resistance in Rio Blanco”, by B. Bell

2014 December 02 - Honduran Women Speak, “Women Crossing the Line: Breaking the Silence on Violence Against Women in Honduras”, short film

2015 March 19 - American and Canadian Companies Damming the Poor of Honduras

2015 April 20 - Goldman Environmental Prize Awarded to Berta Cáceres of Honduras, the ‘Murder Capital of the World’, the ‘Repression Capital of the Americas’

2015 July 09 - “COPINH: We Condemn the International Congress of Mining in Honduras. No to Mines!”

2016 February 23 - COPINH Denounces: “DESA Agua Zarca”

2016 March 03 - Berta Cáceres: Who She Is & What She Lived For

2016 March 06 - Support for Gustavo Castro, Victim of and Witness to Assassination of Berta Cáceres in Honduras

2016 March 15 - Letter to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Regarding Assassination of Berta Cáceres

2016 March 16 - Reflection on the Assassination of Berta Cáceres - 15 Minute Radio Conversation

2016 March 16 - Another COPINH Member Killed in Honduras, ‘Repression Capital of the Americas’, ‘Murder Capital of the World’

2016 March 22 - Canadian Economic & Political Interests Take Priority Over Human Rights in Honduras

2016 March 26 - Berta Cáceres Did Not Die, She Multiplied

2016 March 27 - Family of Berta Cáceres Rejects “Condolences” From Canadian Government

2016 March 31 - “Hard Choices in Honduras”, Boston Globe Article by S. Kinzer

2016 April 02 - Gustavo Castro Freed by Honduran Regime & Statement from Berta Cáceres Family

2016 April 09 - “A Daughter Takes Up Her Slain Mother’s Activist”, Washington Post Article by D. Fears

2019 April 29 - Deafening Silence & Complicity in Washington & Ottawa With Repression & Impunity in Honduras

2016 June 22 - US-Funded & Trained Honduran Army Unit (Death Squad) Had Berta Cáceres on Hit List, Guardian Article

2016 July 25 - “Todos Somos Berta (We Are All Berta): A photo journal of my 12 days in Honduras”, by C. Malange

2016 September 09 - Interview with Gustavo Castro, Co-Victim and Survivor of the Assassination of Berta Cáceres

2016 September 21 - Documentary: Honduras and the Water

2016 October 03 - “Justice” In Honduras: Court records stolen for assassination of Berta Cáceres, Aljazeera article & Telesur article

2016 October 11 - Ho Hum, More Assassination Attempts Against COPINH in Honduras

2016 November 11 - Letter from Mother of Berta Cáceres

2017 January 18 - Unresolved Assassination of Berta Cáceres

2017 January 24 - Gustavo Castro (wounded during assassination of Berta Cáceres, March 3, 2016, in Honduras) wins Visionary Justice Award

2017 February 08 - Sandra Cuffe writes about Honduras, the most repressive, corrupt country in the Americas, where many North American companies do “profitable” business

2017 February 28 - Assassination of Berta Cáceres a year ago “bears hallmarks of a ‘well-planned' operation designed by military intelligence’”

2017 March 02 - One year later - Assassination of Berta Cáceres fails to move Honduras, or the U.S., Canada, Europe, the World Bank, etc.

2017 May 08 - Human rights violations, repression, impunity and corruption…and profitable business interests in Honduras

2017 May 08 - “Heaven and Earth Don’t Belong to the Companies” - An interview with Lenca activist Pascuala Vásquez on the legacy of Berta Cáceres and the defense of indigenous territories and culture in Honduras

2017 May 31 - Declaration of COPINH General Assembly “Berta Lives” - Facing extractivist death, more organization and struggle are our path

2017 June 05 - Investors in Honduran dam opposed by murdered activist Berta Cáceres are withdrawing funding

2017 June 16 - “Under the Gun: An Investigation Into the Murder of Berta Cáceres”, by J. Gibler

2017 June 21 - More threats against COPINH members, Lenca people of Río Blanco - COPINH Communique

2017 July 02 - In Honduras, celebrating Canada Day 150, U.S.A. Fourth of July: Attack against daughter of Berta Cáceres

2017 July 06 - Democracy Now! Interview: Attack against Bertita Zuniga Cáceres, daughter of Berta Cáceres

2017 July 31 - 17 months of impunity since the assassination of Berta Cáceres and shooting of Gustavo Castro: Berta’s family under constant attack

2017 August 03 - Members of Congress make public statements concerning threats to Berta Cáceres’ family in Honduras

2017 October 29 - “Who Ordered Killing of Honduran Activist? Evidence of Broad Plot is Found”, New York Times Artcile by E. Malkin

2017 November 01 - 1 year, 8 months since assassination of Berta Cáceres: No justice; Business as usual

2018 March 02 - Beta Cáceres: Who She Is & What She Lived For (edited from original email 03/02/2016)

2018 March 04 - “U.S. and Canadian foreign policy killed Berta Cáceres and 100s more since the 2009 coup in Honduras” 2nd anniversary of assassination of Berta: No justice done, yet…”

2018 July 26 - Serious irregularities in Berta Cáceres assassination trial in Honduras

2018 December 07 - “Seven men were found guilty of murdering Honduran environmentalist in 2016, but many questions are unanswered”, Article by N. Lakhani & Statement by SOA Watch

2019 March 01 - 3rd anniversary, assassination of Berta Cáceres, killed March 2, 2016, 3rd anniversary, attempted killing of Gustavo Castro, shot and left for dead

2019 March 02 - Berta Cáceres: Who She Is & What She Lived For

2019 March 29 - Berta Cáceres Human Rights in Honduras Act (H.R. 1945)

2019 October 10 - Trial continues against ‘intellectual author’ of assassination of Berta Cáceres, as trial continues against ‘intellectual author’ of Honduran ‘State-sponsored drug traffickin'g’, & SOA Watch statement

2019 December 04 - “Berta Cáceres murder: seven convicted men sentenced to up to 50 years”, Article by N. Lakhani

2020 March 02 - 4th Anniversary of Assassination of Berta Cáceres

“2020 June 01 - “Who killed Berta Cáceres? Dams, Death Squads, and an Indigenous Defender’s Battle for the Planet”, by N. Lakhani

2020 June 03 - Interview with Nina Lakhani: Who Killed Berta Cáceres

2020 August 24 - Justice for Berta Cáceres, assassinated by U.S. & Canadian-backed Honduran regime?

2021 March 02 - Berta Caceres - Who She Is & What She Lived For - 5th anniversary of her March 2, 2016 assassination by US & Canadian-backed Honduran regime

2021 March 03 - “Remembering Berta Caceres: 5 year anniversary of her assassination”, article B. Gynther, SOA Watch

2021 April 07 - Justice in Honduras for assassination of Berta Caceres? Day 1: Trial Against David Castillo

2021 April 08 - Assassination of Berta Caceres: Follow the Money to the Atala Family: U$1,254,000 payment from Atala family to David Castillo, two days before March 2, 2016 assassination of Berta Caceres

2021 April 09 - “The Rot in Honduras Goes to the Top”: Background article about justice struggle for assassination of Berta Caceres

2021 May 27 - Day 25, Berta Caceres trial in Honduras: Assassins exposed; Article by E. Tabora

2021 June 02 - Action needed: Justice for Berta Caceres; COPINH Call to Action

2021 June 29 - “As Key Suspect Tried, Encampment Demands Justice for Berta Caceres”, Common Dreams Article

2021 July 06 - “Berta Caceres Assassination: ex-head of dam company found guilty. Roberto David Castillo, former Honduran army intelligence officer, found to be co-collaborator in ordering murder”, Guardian article by N. Lakhani

2021 August 27 - “Who was Berta Cáceres and why we honour her in Fredericton?”, NB Media Coop Article by T. Glynn

2021 October 11 - Attack against Olivia Marcela Zúniga Cáceres and assassination of LIBRE candidate Nery Fernando - Contracorriente article

2022 January 6 - “The US military trained him. Then he helped murder Berta Cáceres the indigenous activist was opposing the construction of a dam being constructed by Roberto David Castillo’s company”, Guardian Article by C. Eisner

2022 February 17 - Mama Berta sends a message to the US, Canada & “international community” - video with subtitles

2022 March 02 - “Berta Caceres: Who She Is & What She Lived For: 6th anniversary of her assassination by U.S. and Canadian-backed Honduran regime”, Article by G. Russell