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COFADEH Urgent Action: International Human Right Defenders held captive by hired gunmen in Honduras
The Committee of the Families of the Detained and Disappeared in Honduras (COFADEH) condemn and repudiate the kidnapping, death threats against and psychological torture of two defenders from the Honduras Accompaniment Project (PROAH) . These events occurred in a context characterized by an intolerance of human rights defenders’ work, resulting in systematic and selective attacks against them.
Armed thugs kidnap and threaten international human rights observers in the midst of community resistance struggle against mining project
By Giorgio Trucchi | LINyM (Nicaragua Informational List and More) July 27, 2013
Orlane and Daniel, from France and Switzerland respectively, are international observers from the Honduras Accompaniment Project (Proah)[1]. On Wednesday, they moved to the community of La Nueva Esperanza, Atlántida department, to fulfill their mission as human rights observers amidst a serious conflict that has arisen following the implementation of a new mining project[2].
URGENT ACTION: INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS HELD CAPTIVE BY ARMED MEN FROM A MINING COMPANY IN HONDURAS
On 25 July 2013, two international accompaniers from the Honduras Accompaniment Project (PROAH from its initials in Spanish)1, from Switzerland and France, were held captive for two and a half hours in the community of La Nueva Esperanza by armed men who guard the mining operations of Lenir Perez, the owner of Minerales Victoria. The armed men have been in this rural community in the department of Atlántida for almost two months, terrorizing the villagers and threatening those who refuse to sell their land to the mining company.
June 2013: Monthly Summary of Human Rights Situation in Honduras
Beginning in June 2013 PROAH has begun to produce a summary of significant events during each month. The attachment is the summary for June 2013.
Police Death Squads Contribute to Honduras’ High Homicide Rate
Honduras is the homicide capital of the world (.pdf). This is due in part to widespread and growing gang violence, but recently there have been reports that Honduran police themselves are organizing death squads.
Police Death Squads Contribute to Honduras’ High Homicide Rate
Honduras is the homicide capital of the world (.pdf). This is due in part to widespread and growing gang violence, but recently there have been reports that Honduran police themselves are organizing death squads.
Food First Institute decries "War against Peasants" in Honduras!
Honduras: The War on Peasants
Two more peasants were assassinated by paramilitary units last week in Honduras. This brings the murder of subsistence farmers and indigenous leaders to over 60 since the Honduran coup d’etat in 2009.
DEADLINE EXTENDED – LEGISLATIVE ACTION NEEDED!
Contact the Foreign Policy Staffer in Washington DC Office of Your U.S. Representative!
U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) has extended the deadline for signatures to the Congressional “Dear Colleague” addressing ongoing human rights violations against Afro-indigenous communities in Honduras until Wednesday, January 23 at 5 pm.