In Washington D.C. members of the Honduras Working Group, a subgroup of the Latin America Working Group LAWG, including a represenative of PROAH, had a full week of Congressional visits to discuss the worsening crisis in Honduras.
The response of the international community to death threats received by the PROAH team was immediate, strong and is ongoing.
“I condemn the murder of Erick Martínez Ávila,” declared the Director-General. “I am deeply concerned about this second journalist killed in Honduras in a month and call on the authorities to bring to justice the perpetrators of this crime against the basic human right of freedom of expression.
Defensores en Linea 4/23/2012 – Dina Meza, a Honduran journalist and human rights activist, has received a series of threats of sexual violence against her in recent weeks. Her safety is at risk. Dear friends, It is with great pleasure that the Ecumenical Committee and Casa Ben Linder invite you all to attend this Thursday’s presentation in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the murder of Benjamin Linder, Sergio Hernandez and Pablo Rosales, by the US-backed counter-revolutionaries on April 28, 1987 in San Jose de Bocay. Dina Meza, award winning journalist and human rights activist with COFADEH, has received a series of threats of sexual violence against her in recent weeks. Amnesty International has issued an URGENT ACTION. Her safety is at risk. Please see the attached Alert and take Action. COFADEH Editorial. In two years, Porfirio Lobo has issued twenty emergency decrees, including security and defense decrees. This manner of leading the country, via emergency declarations, confirms various realities.
International Accompaniers in Honduras receive Death Threats
URGENT ACTION
International Accompaniers in Honduras receive Death Threats
The Committee of the Families of the Detained and Disappeared in Honduras (COFADEH) and the Honduras Accompaniment Project (PROAH) would like to express our concernat the death th
Award Winning Journalist under threat – TAKE ACTION
25th Anniversary of Ben Linder – Special Presentation this Thursday
Amnesty International issues ACTION ALERT for Dina Meza
Guns in the Streets
