Transcript of Tom Lantos Human Rights in Honduras Hearing
On July 25, 2013 the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission held a hearing on the Human Rights situation in Honduras. Attached is a transcript of the testimonies presented.
A new school for the children of Jiquelite
Some time ago, Judith Williams, a long time supporter, made a very generous donation to the Friendship Office, with the intention that it be used to build a school. Jutith’s parents were both teachers, and she wanted the funds to be used to build a school in their honor. Because of such widespread need,
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.
COFADEH launches Campaign against Impunity
This month marks one year since a passenger boat in the Moskitia region of Honduras, carrying 16 people including two pregnant women and six children, was fired on with high caliber weapons in an operation involving four U.S. helicopters, Honduran troops and U.S.