Tag: Ancestral lands

Afro-Hondurans desalojo en comunidad garífuna de Islas de la Bahía Melissa Martinez ofraneh

Afro-Hondurans violently evicted from their ancestral lands on Honduras’ Caribbean coast

Translated on November 13

•  Last Monday a violent eviction on Honduras’ Caribbean coast left six members of the Garífuna community detained and several injured, according to the Honduran Black Fraternal Organization (Organización Fraternal Negra Hondureña – OFRANEH). The National Police and Armed Forces carried out the eviction citing complaints against the community for the alleged crime of land usurpation.

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