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- 1Garifuna people mark decade of struggle for land in Honduras●Honduras: Garifuna people, a decade of struggle to defend their territory against dispossession, violence and criminalization
Honduras's Garifuna community is marking ten years of resistance against dispossession of their ancestral territory on the country's Caribbean coast. Human rights advocates highlight ongoing violence against Garifuna leaders and the criminalization of land defenders, calling for protection of their collective land rights. The anniversary has renewed attention on land conflicts and impunity affecting Indigenous and Afro-descendant peoples in Honduras.