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<div>Amnesty International has put out an urgent appeal to protect Honduran environmental activists whose lives are in danger. Please consider taking a few minutes to help protect these courageous defenders of the environment in one of the most violent countries
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<div>Thanks for your support,</div>
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<div>Greg Michalenko, GREN member, and member of "Group 9", the Kitchener-Waterloo chapter of Amnesty International<br>
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 03, 2017 5:31 PM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Fwd: First they killed Berta. Now Tomas is their target.<br>
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<p><span style="font-size:30px"><b><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:#ffff00">Protect Tomás Gómez Membreño</span></span></b></span><br>
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<span style="font-size:20px"><b><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Successor to murdered COPINH leader
</span></b><b style="font-family:sans-serif; font-size:18px; text-align:center; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Berta Cáceres<br>
is in grave danger in Honduras</span></b></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000">Dear David,</span><br>
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A year ago, beloved water defender and Goldman Environmental Prize winner Berta Cáceres was gunned down in Honduras, causing shock waves<span style="color:#000000"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> around the world. The message from Berta's killers
and those who gave the orders was clear: <u>no one was safe if their defense of human rights and the environment challenged powerful economic interests</u>.</span></span><br>
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<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Over the past year, </span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255); text-align:center">more courageous women and men, raising their voices for human rights, for the rights of Indigenous peoples, for defense
of land and the environment, have been shot to death in Honduras.</span><br>
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<span style="color:#000000"><b>Since bravely assuming leadership of Berta's organization, COPINH,
</b></span><b style="font-family:sans-serif; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Tomás Gómez Membreño </b><span style="color:#000000"><b>has suffered multiple attempts on his life.
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He and other activists are in grave danger for work that should be commended for its integrity and service to the human rights of the most vulnerable. </span><br>
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<a href="http://www.e-activist.com/ea-action/broadcast.record.message.click.do?ea.url.id=869432&ea.campaigner.email=8ISo4By9qXnfX3jtJuhM%2B5mQCvNVYxKY&ea.campaigner.id=6RVaUsl0ESmZkArzVWMSmA==&ea_broadcast_target_id=0" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000000"><b><span style="background-color:#ffff00">David,
please stand with Tomás and other brave water and land defenders under attack in Honduras.</span></b></span></a><br>
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<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">It is vital that we speak out without delay, stronger than ever, to prevent more bloodshed. It is vital that we stand strong with defenders under attack in Honduras, like Tomás Gómez Membreño.<br>
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When we speak out together to stop the violence, we make true the chant that keeps hope alive in Honduras: “Berta no murió, se multiplicó - Berta did not die, she multiplied!"</span><br>
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With hope and thanks,<br>
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<b>Alex Neve</b><br>
Secretary General<br>
Amnesty International Canada<br>
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P.S. T<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">hreats and violence towards defenders in Honduras have intensified since Berta's murder. Just as we must keep up the pressure for justice for Berta,
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we must urgently demand safety for Tomás and other brave defenders continuing her legacy >></a></span></span></span></p>
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