Friday, July 8, 2011. The death threats against Father Fausto Milla, a commissioner with the Commission of Truth, and his assistant Denia Mejía have escalated recently, resulting in their decision to leave the county this Friday. They said good-bye to fellow Hondurans during a press conference at the Committee of Families of the Detained and Disappeared in Honduras (COFADEH).
At a press conference on Friday, July 8th at the offices of the Committee of Relatives of the Detained and Disappeared in Honduras (COFADEH), Father Fausto Milla and his assistant Denia Mejía announced their departure from Honduras. They have been victims of serious threats and harassment and have received no response to their denunciations from the responsible authorities.
This video was taken by a member of the Artists in Resistance collective of Honduras (Artistas en Resistencia) during the non-violent protest at the Soto Cano (Palmerola) military base in Honduras.
Tuesday, 28 June 2011 – Fr. Milla explained that he has received death threats by phone which ceased when he placed a caller identification feature on his phone. In a press conference on Tuesday, June 28th, the Commission of Truth denounced the threats against one of its Commissioners, Fr. Fausto Milla and his assistant, Denia Mejía
Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) President Roberto Rivas announced that the CSE will publish the regulations for international and national election observation on August 16, after which the United Nations, European Union, Organization of American States and friendly countries will be able to send delegations to "accompany" the electoral process under the regulations and with the understanding that Nicaragua is a sovereign country.
The five presidents of Central America along with the presidents of Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Mexico and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will meet in Guatemala June 21-23 to discuss regional cooperation against organized crime. With Honduras allowed to rejoin the Central American Integration System (SICA), this will be the first meeting including all the presidents of Central America since the coup in Honduras almost two years ago.
