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Friends and activists gather outside the court room to demand justice for the murder of environmental activist Berta Caceres, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on September 17, 2018. A British freelance reporter covering the trial was threatened on September 17. (AP Photo/Fernando Antonio)

Freelance reporter covering environmental activist’s murder trial threatened in Honduras

September 19, 2018 6:30 PM EDT

New York, September 19, 2018–The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on Honduran authorities to investigate threats against freelance journalist Nina Lakhani–who is in Honduras to cover the high-profile trial of eight men charged in the 2016 murder of indigenous environmental leader Berta Cáceres–and to ensure journalists are able to report safely from the country.