This afternoon, February 14th, the courts of El Progreso, Yoro issued a provisional dismissal in the case of Magdalena Morales, Regional Director of the National Union of Rural Workers (CNTC), accused by the transnational sugar producer AZUNOSA, a subsidiary of SABMiller (South African Brewing-Miller Brewing, headquartered in England), of land usurpation, damages, and continued profit losses.
PEN International has released a major new report on rise in violence agasint journalists.
Here is the full report in two formats:
http://ihrp.law.utoronto.ca/utfl_file/count/media/Honduras%20report-FINAL%20English.pdf)
Over 550 groups signed the attached letter opposing Fast Track.
Over 550 groups signed the attached letter opposing Fast Track.
A draft of the new report of the IPCC was leaked to the press. As well as reiterating well-known threats, the document revives a theme that merits analysis: the transfer of northern emissions to the South.
Written by Gerardo Honty
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The new budget appropriations bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives yesterday, and set to be taken up by the Senate in the coming days, includes several passages that are relevant for Honduras, including stronger restrictions on U.S. assistance for the police and military.
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World Bank funding a company implicated in human rights abuses in Honduras January 10, 2014
The attached letter was sent to the State Department on December 20, 2013
