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    Criminalizing environmental activism

    Originally published: nacla on October 4, 2017 by Moira Birss (more by nacla)  | (Posted Oct 14, 2017)

    Berta Cáceres, assassinated in her home on March 3, 2016, was just one of hundreds of Latin American environmental activists attacked in recent years. At least 577 environmental human rights defenders (EHRDs) were killed in Latin America between 2010 and 2015—more than in any other region—as documented by Global Witness.