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By adminJune 22, 2017Nicaragua LibreNews Flashes

Padre Miquel dEscoto – Thank you for giving us a better world. We hold you Presente!

The Friendship Office is deeply saddened by the passing of Padre Miquel dEscoto who died on June 9, 2017 after 84 years of life fully lived. In the many tributes to his life and legacy, Miquel is described as, a Latin American prophet of peace inspired by Sandino and Bolivar,kkll Dorothy Day, Gandhi and Martin Luther King… An uncompromising anti-imperialist…a Chancellor of Peace and Dignity…a voice of conscience who spoke truth to power and expected others to do the same.

By adminMay 26, 2017Honduras Accompaniment ProjectHuman Rights

New US Gov report confirms DEA lied about role in massacre in Ahuas, Honduras

A new report by the Offices of Inspector General of the US Justice and State Departments established that the DEA repeatedly lied to Congress about killing civilians in the remote village of Ahuas, Honduras. On May 11, 2012 four passengers in a river boat were killed when they were shot from helicopters during a joint antinarcotics operation by the Honduran police and the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). The victims included two pregnant women. Three others were injured and several children were left orphaned.

By adminMay 25, 2017Honduras Accompaniment ProjectHuman Rights

Amnesty International issues Public Statement on concerns about due process and right to justice in Berta Caceres murder case

Following the postponement of the preliminary hearing in the case of Berta Caceres for a second time, Amnesty International issued a Public Statement outlining concerns about due process, right to justice, truth, reparation and the failure of the Honduran Public Prosecutor to make progress in identifying the intellectual authors of the murder.Read the statement here: https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/amr37/6335/2017/en/

By adminMay 18, 2017Honduras Accompaniment ProjectHuman Rights

Legal Team for Berta Caceres issues Alert

When will the abuse and impunity on the part of the Public Ministry and the Judicial power end in the case Berta Cáceres? Do the intellectual authors of this crime have so much power that they can openly be subjected to the justice system and nothing happens?

By adminApril 12, 2017Honduras Accompaniment ProjectHuman Rights

78 Democrats speak out about human rights in Honduras in response to recent attacks.

58 House Representatives and 20 Senators sent letters to the Secretary of State Tillerson, registering concern about U.S. assistance to the Honduran government in light of ongoing threats and assassinations of human rights defenders and land rights and environmental activists. See House and Senate Letters – attached.

By adminApril 7, 2017Nicaragua LibreNews Flashes

Ben Linder – 30th Anniversary – Presente

Ben Linder, a young engineer from Oregon, was killed by U.S.-backed contra forces in Nicaragua on April 28, 1987 while working on a small hydroelectric dam in San Jose de Bocay. This year, the 30^th anniversary of his assassination, will be celebrated in Nicaragua with an evening gathering at the Ben Linder House in Managua on April 26^th and a tri

By adminApril 7, 2017Nicaragua LibreNews Flashes

Ben Linder – 30th Anniversary – Presente

By adminMarch 6, 2017Honduras Accompaniment ProjectHuman Rights

Senator Leahy statement on one year anniversary of the murder of Berta Caceres: “It sounds a lot like the death squads in El Salvador in the 1980’s.”

In a statement marking the one year anniversary of the murder of Berta Caceres, Senator Patrick Leahy called for an independent investigation into her killing. Expressing concern regarding reports that Honduran military officers involved in her murder received training by the United States, Senator Leahy stated, “It sounds a lot like the death squads in El Salvador in the 1980’s.

https://www.leahy.senate.gov/press/statement-of-senator-patrick-leahy-on-berta-caceres

By adminMarch 6, 2017Honduras Accompaniment ProjectHuman Rights

Senator Leahy statement on one year anniversary of the murder of Berta Caceres: “It sounds a lot like the death squads in El Salvador in the 1980’s.”

https://www.leahy.senate.gov/press/statement-of-senator-patrick-leahy-on-berta-caceres

By adminFebruary 28, 2017Honduras Accompaniment ProjectHuman Rights

Guardian: Berta Caceres killed in US trained military intelligence operation

The Guardian published a new article today based on their investigation and ”leaked court documents alleging that the murder of the Honduran environmentalist Berta Cáceres was an extrajudicial killing planned by military intelligence specialists linked to the country’s US–trained special forces.&quo