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Imprisoned Honduran Activist Edwin Espinal Launches Hunger Strike

HeadlineMar 07, 2018

Meanwhile, in more news from Honduras, activist Edwin Espinal has launched a hunger strike to protest his ongoing imprisonment, after he was arrested for protesting against the re-election of U.S.-backed, right-wing President Juan Orlando Hernández. The Organization of American States says the November election was marred by widespread election fraud. Espinal has been jailed for nearly two months.

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