http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/old/taxonomy/term/262/0 fr http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/honduran-human-rights-activist-who-spoke-nova-scotia-arrested/7727 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Local network expresses concern over &quot;trumped-up charges&quot; </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/amador_photo.jpg" alt="" title="Amador (R) with Guatemalan activist Feliciano Orellana outside the Goldcorp AGM in 2010. (Photo: Allan Lissner)" width="450" height="299" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/IMG_1383_0.JPG" alt="" title="After the 3 men were arrested this morning, some of those under an arrest warrant turned themselves in to authorities. Left to right: Kenia Oliva, lawyer for COFADEH; Justiniano Hernández (aged 64); Eduardo Varela (50); Reynaldo Oseguera (66); Raúl Agustin Mejía (74); and Juan Ramón López (75). (Photo: Honduras Accompaniment Project)" width="450" height="338" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>A Honduran teacher and environmentalist who spoke around the Maritimes in 2009 has been arrested in his home country on what local supporters say are trumped-up charges.</p> <p>Carlos Amador was one of three men detained by police on his way to work on Tuesday, on charges of obstructing the execution of an environmental plan. Arrest warrants are pending for several others.</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/honduran-human-rights-activist-who-spoke-nova-scotia-arrested/7727" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/honduran-human-rights-activist-who-spoke-nova-scotia-arrested/7727#comments Ben Sichel Action directe Environnement Santé Solidarité forestry goldcorp Halifax Honduras mining Rights Action Environment Halifax News Health Dominion Stories Honduras Thu, 07 Jul 2011 21:12:45 +0000 bsichel 7727 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca