Edwin Espinal & Raul Alvarez, Honduran political prisoners, had all the malicious criminal charges against them dropped
Edwin Espinal, left, and co-accused Raul Alvares, outside a Honduran courthouse, Sept. 17, just after all the politically motivated charges (related to their democracy and human rights activism in Honduras) were dropped. Photo: Karen Spring
CBC News report, Sep.21, 2021: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-town-honduran-rights-activist-1.6182479
Pending formalization of ruling – Stay tuned!
Edwin and Raul have to wait a bit longer for the ruling to be formally published, and the appeal period to expire. It was, however, a clear and fast ruling from the court. It is widely suspected the ruling will be legally ratified, and the decision will not be appealed by the (corrupt, military-backed) Honduran State.
THANK-YOU to all Rights Action supporters who helped us support this very difficult struggle that began with Edwin’s illegal detention on January 18, 2018.
The almost 4 years struggle was led by Karen Spring, Edwin’s partner in Honduras, and by Janet Spring, Edwin’s mom-in-law in Elmvale Ontario.
Karen Spring (in Honduras)
karen@hondurassol.org
https://www.aquiabajo.com/
Janet Spring (in Canada)
JanetSpring7@gmail.com
https://simcoecountyhondurasrightsmonitor.wordpress.com/
Background
https://rightsaction.org/free-edwin-archives