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Lesbia Janeth Urqucia Research Paper

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Justice for Lesbia Janeth Urquía: Protect Female Activists from Political Femicide in Honduras

UN High Commission on Human Rights - Prince Zeid bin Ra'ad, Honduras

Forty-nine-year-old Lesbia Janeth Urquía was a female, indigenous activist in Honduras who was murdered. Urquía worked with Berta Cáceres,' who was gunned down months earlier, organization -- Council of Indigenous Peoples of Honduras (Copinh).

As reported by the Guardian, https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/07/honduras-murder-lesbia-janeth-urquia-berta-caceres a statement by Honduran judicial officials claims that the mother of three died from an apparent "severe head injury" and a possible motive is the "robbery of her professional bicycle."

But Copinh isn't buying

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