CCR: Summary of Reports of Human Rights Abuses in Honduras – Dec.and Jan 2012
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. RACHEL HERGETT, Chronicle Staff Writer | Posted: Saturday, January 7, 2012 At first glance, Paul Dix’s book of photographs may seem like another coffee table book chronicling the people of a Latin American country.The cover shows a 1986 photograph of Esteban Mejía Peña with his great granddaughters in La Esperanza, Nicaragua, taken when Livingston resident Paul Dix worked in the country as a photographer for Witness for Peace from 1985 to 1990. Managua 1/5/2012 – In a public letter, the ex-president of the United Nations General Assembly (2008-2009) and ex-Foreign Minister of Nicaragua (1979-1990), Miguel D’Escoto, called on President Barack Obama, to stop the terrorist, criminal and genocidal actions of the United States. 1/10/2010 – Rep. Sam Farr and Rep. George Miller sent the following Dear Colleague regarding human rights concerns in Honduras and allocation of U.S. aid: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.
Livingston photographer chronicles aftermath of Nicaraguan conflict
Fr. Miquel D'Escoto calls on Obama to turn from violence and follow in the steps of Dr. Martin Luther King
Dear Colleague: LA Times Op-Ed: Protect Human Rights in Honduras