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Miriam Miranda, coordinator of the Garífuna rights organization Ofraneh, rejected a Supreme Court invitation to discuss territorial disputes, insisting the government must first dismiss criminal charges against five land defenders accused under a controversial agroindustrial law.

Five Garífuna community defenders accused of usurpation in a July eviction from ancestral San Juan lands remain without a judge after a national court nullified prior proceedings, while their lawyers argue the process violates constitutional protections and Inter-American Court rulings.

Garífuna leaders extended an indefinite encampment outside Honduras's Supreme Court after the court president refused to meet with a full delegation, demanding enforcement of four Inter-American Court rulings on ancestral land rights and repeal of the Agroindustrial Law.

OFRANEH, a Garífuna rights organization, set up a permanent encampment at Honduras's Supreme Court to demand the dismissal of criminal charges against five San Juan residents accused of land occupation, citing a favorable Inter-American Court ruling and alleging a conflict of interest involving the court president and a wealthy family claiming the same land.