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A sign that reads “Justice for Juan Lopez. They killed Juan, not his fight. Juan Lopez lives” is seen next to his coffin during his wake in Tocoa, Colon Department, Honduras, on September 15, 2024. (Photo by ORLANDO SIERRA/AFP via Getty Images)

Environmental activist who feared for his life killed in Honduras

Juan Lopez campaigned against open-pit mining in a rain forest reserve

  • Des Erasmus
3 min read
(Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Who will defend the defenders of social justice, human rights and democracy?

It is all of our responsibility to defend brave people such as Uganda’s Jimmy Spire Ssentongo, Agather Atuhaire, Bobi Wine and Kenya’s Kasmeul McOure

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