A NATIONAL EMERGENCY The day that the President made his first cabinet changes, using football terms and scoring “goals” against rival factions within the National Party, was the same day that the national director of prisons talked about the unsafe nature of these facilities on a radio program in Tegucigalpa… And this was the
From the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. The full end-of-mission statement in English and Spanish can be found here.
With hope and the desire to continue building a Honduras in which we will NOT be among the growing statistics of the violation of human rights, we are seeking a solution to the grave humanitarian situation in the Valley of Aguan. This is a region of struggle for communities of family farmers, who have united once again to take up unified efforts to achieve justice, dignity and life.
February 12, 2012.The second of a two-part series about the roots of violence in Honduras. by Annie Murphy NPR: Weekend Edition Sunday February 11, 2012. This is the first of a two-part series about the roots of violence in Honduras. NYTimes Op-Ed: Human Rights in Honduras From: The Honorable Sam Farr Date: 2/6/2012Dear Colleague:I write to draw your attention to a New York Times op-ed by University of California, Santa Cruz Professor Dana Frank about continuing human rights violations in Honduras.Sincerely,SAM FARR Member of CongressIn Honduras, a Mess Made in the U.S. By DANA FRANK 1/11/2012 Marvin Palacios, Tegucigalpa. Wire-tapping, which police and military intelligence agencies have been carrying out for years to intercept the communications of civil society organisations and the political opposition, was legalised by the Honduran Congress in December 2011. However, according to officials working for Porfirio Lobo’s regime, the law was passed as a way of combating common criminality, organised crime and drug-trafficking. 1/11/2012 Marvin Palacios, Tegucigalpa. Wire-tapping, which police and military intelligence agencies have been carrying out for years to intercept the communications of civil society organisations and the political opposition, was legalised by the Honduran Congress in December 2011. However, according to officials working for Porfirio Lobo’s regime, the law was passed as a way of combating common criminality, organised crime and drug-trafficking. 1/26/2012 Dana Frank IT’S time to acknowledge the foreign policy disaster that American support for the Porfirio Lobo administration in Honduras has become.
NPR Series Part II: 'Who Rules In Honduras?' Coup's Legacy Of Violence
NPR Series Part 1: In Honduras, Police Accused Of Corruption, Killings
Dear Colleague Letter – NYTimes Op-Ed: In Honduras, a Mess Made in the U.S.
“Telephone Interception Law” – A Further Threat to Communications Privacy
“Telephone Interception Law” – A Further Threat to Communications Privacy
NYT – In Honduras, a Mess Made in the U.S.
