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The @UVALaw International Human Rights Clinic filed yesterday an amicus brief over the continued detention of the “ #Guapinol Water Defenders.” Eleven international human rights organizations and legal clinics co-signed the brief. 
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Eight environmental defenders have spent more than 500 days in pre-trial detention for events related to a peaceful protest to protect a water source in the Carlos Escaleras National Park. 2/10 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/oct/06/how-honduras-became-one-of-the-most-dangerous-countries-to-defend-natural-resources
The int’l community has expressed disapproval over the continued detention of the Defenders. Members of the European Parliament wrote to the President of Honduras calling for the dismissal of all charges against the defenders and their release 3/10
Likewise, Representatives of the U.S. Congress sent a letter to then Sec. of State Pompeo urging the State Department to act on behalf of the Water Defenders and other defenders in the country.
The amici stress to the La Ceiba court that the pretrial detention violates Honduras’s obligations under the American Convention of Human Rights 7/10 @usembassyhn @MaryLawlorhrds #Guapinol
The amici demonstrate how the @IACourtHR, as the upholder of the Convention, has emphasized the exceptional nature of pre-trial detention and the responsibility of judicial authorities to impose less intrusive measures 8/10
Defense counsel had proposed release on either a monetary bond or a “swearing bond,” (provided by Honduran law). However, the Tocoa court judge arbitrarily ignored such alternatives 9/10
The amici also emphasize that national authorities have not carried their burden in assessing the basis for pre-trial detention. END. #LibertadParaGuapinol @guapinolre
