The presence of the General Secretary of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro, has provided strong backing to the official strategy of Juan Orlando Hernandez for a national dialogue which was itself a response to the phenomena of the torchlight marches. *
Cultural Survival releases new story of Tolupanes of Locomapa whose lives are at risk and have now joined a hunger strike ‘in defense of all Honduras." This story was written by Jim Phillips, anthropologist and long term advocate for human rights and justice in Central America.
http://www.culturalsurvival.org/news/tolupanes-put-their-lives-line-defending-all-hondurans
FIDH denounces and condemns the violations of the right to health of the Hondurans resulting from grievous corruption that occurred within the Honduran Institute of Social Security (IHSS).
An Indigenous Call for Unprecedented, Unified Action for Protecting and Restoring the Sacred to All Members of the Human Family: See the declaration at:
http://www.fwii.net/profiles/blogs/declaration-of-indigenous-summit-of-the-americas-april-10-2015
This recently issued alert, denounces a public media campaign by the Honduran government against Human Rights defenders.
A recently released report by Global Witness finds Honduras to be the most dangerous country for environmentalists with 101 murders between 2010 and 2014. To view the report:
