COFADEH Exposes Systematic Attacks on Human Rights Defenders
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. An independent fact-finding mission of women Nobel Peace Laureates visiting the "northern triangle – Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras" declared that “violence against women—including murder, rape and forced disappearances—has reached a crisis point in the region.” They called for “concerted and immediate action to protect women—including those women doing frontline human rights work.” They link this crisis to militarization and U.S. Nicaragua News Bulliten 3.20.2012 -The English language web newspaper “Honduras Weekly” asked in Mar. 13 headline, “Nicaragua: A Security Model for Honduras?” The article, written by Hannah Stone, noted the concern recently expressed by Nicaraguan National Police Chief Aminta Granera that gangs from Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras could move south, bringing the violence of the so-called Northern Triangle to Nicaragua. Nicaragua News Bulletin 3/13/2012 US Vice-President Joe Biden met with the presidents of Central America on Mar. 6 in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, for a discussion of drug trafficking and organized crime in the region. After the meeting, characterized as frank and open, Biden said that the administration of President Barack Obama would ask Congress for US$107 million annually for a regional Central American security strategy.International Accompaniers in Honduras receive Death Threats
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