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By jennyaDecember 2, 2009Honduras Accompaniment ProjectAction Alert, Human Rights

Honduras Action Alert: This is not the change we wanted

Last Sunday, "elections" were held in Honduras by a military coup regime that is internationally recognized as illegitimate, responsible for massive human rights violations and in an environment of terror and persecution.

Over 300 Honduran candidates dropped out in protest. The OAS, UN, European Union and Carter Center did not send observers in a strong international statement of non-recognition. The massive, historic, non-violent resistance movement in Honduras which has courageously resisted the coup for over five months, called for a boycott and stayed home.

By jennyaNovember 30, 2009Honduras Accompaniment Project, Nicaragua LibreHonduran Elections 2009: Delegation Report-backs, Human Rights

Quixote Center Delegation documents terror and repression during elections

Reports coming in from Quixote Center delegates who deployed to four different regions of the country during the last week to observe the electoral climate and the human rights situation point to a systemic pattern of militarization, intimidation, human rights violations and generalized repression. This, coupled with extremely low voter turnout.

By jennyaNovember 28, 2009Honduras Accompaniment Project, Nicaragua LibreNews Flashes

Raid on Home of Resistance Movement Leader in Siguatepeque

Just after the raid at COMAL, the home of José Pacheco, a leader of the resistance movement in Siguatepeque, was searched by the same security forces citing the same motives as those who raided COMAL.

By jennyaNovember 28, 2009Honduras Accompaniment Project, Nicaragua LibreNews Flashes

Raid on Home of Resistance Movement Leader in Siguatepeque

By jennyaNovember 27, 2009Honduras Accompaniment ProjectEconomic Justice, Honduran Elections 2009: Delegation Report-backs, Human Rights, Nicaragua

Canada urged to reject "elections" in Honduras

A coalition of Canadian development, church, labour and human rights organizations are calling on the Canadian government not to join the US in recognizing the controversial elections to be held in Honduras on November 29—and are calling for further action to strengthen democracy in the Central American nation.

“The June coup d’état in Honduras—which overthrew a legitimately elected President—represents the most serious crisis in recent years for democratic governa

By jennyaNovember 24, 2009Honduras Accompaniment Project, Nicaragua LibreHonduran Elections 2009: Delegation Report-backs, Human Rights, Nicaragua

Quixote Center Delegation to Conduct Human Rights Accompaniment and Observation in Lead Up and during Honduras’ Elections

20 Representatives of Faith-Based, Labor, and Human Rights Groups Available for Interviews from Honduras,

November 25- December 1^st

Hyattsville, MD – A delegation of 20 representatives of faith-based, labor, and human rights organizations will travel to Honduras on November 25, 2009, to conduct human rights accompaniment and observation in the lead-up to the country’s controversial elections on November 29.

By jennyaNovember 23, 2009Honduras Accompaniment Project, Nicaragua LibreHonduran Elections 2009: Delegation Report-backs, Human Rights

COFADEH Alert: Regime prepares repression leading up to illegal elections.

The Committee of Detained and Disappeared of Honduras (COFADEH) expresses its concern to the national and international community regarding the deterioration of the human rights situation in Honduras which is deepening each day.

By jennyaOctober 14, 2009Honduras Accompaniment ProjectNews Flashes

EU will prepare coercive measures against members of coup regime

The EU announced that it is determined to sustain pressure on the Micheletti government until a solution is reached to the crisis in Honduras. The EU will prepare a list of coercive measures to be applied to members of Michelettis cabinent. It is also considering if the countries of the EU will recognize the November elections as legitimate.