#JusticiaParaBerta!

Join JFREJ, the National Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH) and thousands of people around the world to say #JusticiaParaBerta! We will be rallying Wednesday, June 15th at noon at the Consulado General de Honduras to call on the State Department to stop aid and training to the Honduran military and support the family’s call for the independent investigators led by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. Berta Cáceres, a Lenca woman, was one of the leading organizers for indigenous land rights in Honduras. Over 20 years ago, she co-founded the National Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras, or COPINH, a grassroots organization of workers, women, Indigenous people and campesinos. Cáceres led the successful campaign that defeated one of Central America's biggest hydropower projects, the Agua Zarca cascade of four giant dams in the Gualcarque River basin. On March 3, 2016, Berta Cáceres's life was taken from her and those who loved her when armed gunmen stormed into her home and shot her. Berta's mother and her three daughters are calling for an independent investigation into her assassination. While the Honduran government has arrested five people in connection with her murder, Berta’s family is still being shut out of the investigation process. Our support is still needed, more than ever, to keep the pressure on. Our movements in the US have an important role to play in holding the US accountable for ongoing support of the military regime that took power in the 2009 coup that led to this wave of violent repression against popular movements. The US State Department is still supporting the Honduran government, which has impeded the investigation into Berta’s murder. Join the Grassroots Global Justice Alliance and the World March of Women- US chapter in continuing to call on the State Department to stop aid and training to the Honduran military and support the family’s call for the independent investigators led by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. We honor Berta's life, her work as a mother, a feminist, an environmental activist, a human rights defender, an Indigenous leader, and her fight for everyone's right to be happy. We honor her mother and her daughters who are vigilant in their demand for justice. ¡Berta Cáceres Vive! ¡La Lucha Sigue! #JusticiaParaBerta #Justice4Berta #GrassrootsFeminisms Sign the petition here: http://bit.ly/Justice4Berta