Honduras Accompaniment Project

Honduras Accompaniment Project works to accompany the nonviolent social movement in Honduras in the face of the repression begun by the coup.

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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].

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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.

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LEGISLATIVE ACTION NEEDED!

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Jesuit says U.S. war on drugs undermines Honduran democracy

SEATTLE (CNS) — A priest from Honduras says the United States is repeating the same errors in Central America as it did in the 1980s, and his country is suffering as a result. 
Jesuit Father Ismael Moreno, who directs Radio Progreso, a feisty activist station on the Caribbean coast of Honduras, recently told several gatherings in Oregon and Washington that U.S.
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Tell your Representative to stop funding Death Squads

Just days ago, Friendship Office staff accompanied Bertha Oliva, Coordinator of the Committee of the Families of the Disappeared and Detained of Honduras, COFADEH,   to Washington, D.C.  She gave testimony at the Inter American Commission on Human Rights and registered concerns in Congress and at the State Department about a new level of crisis in Honduras.
 
The trip, organized together with partner organizations in Washington, was important for highlighting new evidence of Honduran state run death squads. Because of the myriad of abuses carried out by police and the military, Bertha advocated that the U.S. stop all funding to Honduran police and military and called for a fundamental reset of U.S. Honduran policy.  
 
A breaking Associated Press article,  US aids Honduran Police Chief despite death squad claims: assures Congress he was cut off clearly articulates major inconsistencies between State Department claims and reality. Rep. Sam Farr (D-CA) circulated the article as a Dear Colleague to every member of Congress. Senator Leahy (D-VT) is asking the State Department to explain what appears to be a major violation of the Leahy Law.  
 
We urgently need you to call your Congressional representative and ask that they contact the State Department to ask why the U.S. is funding Honduran police units with alleged ties to death squads, despite State Department assurances of compliance with the Leahy Law.  
 
The Congressional Switchboard number is (202) 224- 3121. To identify your rep, go to this website and type your zip code in the upper right corner):  http://www.house.gov/representatives Ask to speak with the aide who handles foreign policy.
 
"My name is ____ and I live in your district in [your city or town]. I am calling to urge [your Representative] to contact the State Department regarding recent reports by the Associated Press that the United States continues to fund police units under the control of Col. Juan Carlos Bonilla, who has been credibly accused of three extrajudicial killings that occurred in 2002, and links to 11 more deaths and disappearances. The United States must immediately stop funding all Honduran police units; they all operate under Police Chief Bonilla. Furthermore, given extensive and persistent corruption, human rights violations including persistent attacks on Afro-indigenous and peasant communities, and failed anti-drug strategies of Honduran security forces, the State Department and other US agencies must zero out all police and military assistance and cooperation, and must fundamentally recast US policy in Honduras."
 
Thank you for helping to defend human rights in Honduras by requesting full accountability regarding U.S. funding for Honduran police who are allegedly operating death squads.
 
In Peace,
 
Jenny Atlee
Friendship Office
 
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