Friendship Office of the Americas

The Friendship Office of the Americas is a social justice organization that fosters solidarity between the peoples of Nicaragua, Honduras and the United States and pursues polices of peace and friendship.

NGO Letter to U.S. State Department on pre-electoral violence

November 15, 2012
To: Maria Otero, Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy and Human Rights; Roberta Jacobson, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs; Michael Posner, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Under Secretary; and Ambassador Lisa Kubiske
Dear Under Secretary Otero, Assistant Secretary Jacobson, Assistant Secretary Posner, and Ambassador Kubiske,
As Honduras prepares to carry out primary elections on November 18th and gears up for national elections in November 2013, we are concerned about violence and intimidation that endangers opposition political candidates as well as journalists covering the elections and activists involved in electoral campaigns. 

NGOs Submit Evidence to ICC on Crimes Against Humanity and Impunity in Honduras, Call on Court to Take Up Case

 
November 15, 2012, New York, Paris and The Hague – Today, two leading human rights organizations submitted evidence to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, including expert testimony, periodic compilations of crimes against humanity committed in the last year, and evidence showing there has been no accountability so far for the crimes in Honduras since the 2009 coup.  The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) made the submission.

Rep. Berman issues strong challenge to Clinton on Honduras Policy

Rep. Howard Berman is the Ranking Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs on the U.S. House of Representatives (i.e. the top-ranking Democrat on foreign policy issues in the House). In November 2011, Berman wrote a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expressing his concern regarding the human rights situation in Honduras and the need to examine the continuation of aid to Honduran security forces in light of corruption scandals and reigning impunity.

Help Spread the Truth about Honduras

                                                                                                                                                             
We write at this moment to ask for your help. Those who struggle in defense of human rights in Honduras, already shaken by months of relentless violence, are now reeling from the recent murders of two prominent human rights lawyers.