Alert: This Friday the remains of teacher Ilse Ivania Velázquez will be exhumed in Langue
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Letter from Canadian MPs and Official Opposition Critics re. New Honduran Mining Law
A letter was written February 6, 2012 to Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs John Baird. It was signed by five Members of Parliament (MPs), all members of the Official Opposition with the New Democratic Party (NDP) and Official Opposition Critics for the portfolios of Foreign Affairs, Finance, International Cooperation, Human Rights, and International Trade. As a result of information they have received from Canadian and Honduran NGOs, they express their concern regarding the new mining law currently before the Honduran Congress:
Dear Colleague Letter – NYTimes Op-Ed: In Honduras, a Mess Made in the U.S.
NYTimes Op-Ed: Human Rights in Honduras From: The Honorable Sam Farr Date: 2/6/2012Dear Colleague:I write to draw your attention to a New York Times op-ed by University of California, Santa Cruz Professor Dana Frank about continuing human rights violations in Honduras.Sincerely,SAM FARR Member of CongressIn Honduras, a Mess Made in the U.S. By DANA FRANK
“Telephone Interception Law” – A Further Threat to Communications Privacy
1/11/2012 Marvin Palacios, Tegucigalpa. Wire-tapping, which police and military intelligence agencies have been carrying out for years to intercept the communications of civil society organisations and the political opposition, was legalised by the Honduran Congress in December 2011. However, according to officials working for Porfirio Lobo’s regime, the law was passed as a way of combating common criminality, organised crime and drug-trafficking.
“Telephone Interception Law” – A Further Threat to Communications Privacy
1/11/2012 Marvin Palacios, Tegucigalpa. Wire-tapping, which police and military intelligence agencies have been carrying out for years to intercept the communications of civil society organisations and the political opposition, was legalised by the Honduran Congress in December 2011. However, according to officials working for Porfirio Lobo’s regime, the law was passed as a way of combating common criminality, organised crime and drug-trafficking.
NYT – In Honduras, a Mess Made in the U.S.
1/26/2012 Dana Frank IT’S time to acknowledge the foreign policy disaster that American support for the Porfirio Lobo administration in Honduras has become.
URGENT ACTION: Journalist in danger – Repeated Threats and Persecution (COFADEH)
Versión original publicado en español aquí.
URGENT ACTION: Journalist in danger – Repeated Threats and Persecution (COFADEH)
Versión original publicado en español aquí.
URGENT ACTION: New Proposed Mining Law in Honduras (English & Spanish)
Please see the Urgent Action request below (and attached sample letters below) from Pedro Landa of CEHPRODEC, who along with other groups (including the Environmental Committee of the Siria Valley, who has been fighting against the activities of Goldcorp for years and who’s leaders have visited Canada a number of times regarding this issue), are closely monitoring and strongly oppose the new proposed Mining Law.