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Garífuna organizations denounced the Honduran judiciary's offer of dialogue on territorial disputes already ruled on by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, citing government non-compliance with court orders and a hate campaign, while five land-rights defenders from San Juan remain without a judge to hear their case.

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.

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.

About 86 farming families in El Tulito, Choluteca, were evicted under Honduras's new Agro-Industry Protection Law at the request of sugar companies, despite legal challenges and six prior failed eviction attempts before the law took effect.