Testimony of Bertha Oliva at IAHRC March 15, 2013
Testimony of Bertha Oliva at the Interamerican Commission on Human Rights on March 15, 2013. Only currently available in Spanish
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.
Rep. Farr sends new "Dear Colleague" letter about death squads
On March 22, Rep. Sam Farr sent this recent AP article about death squads out as a Dear Colleague letter:
A Murder Every 74 Minutes
According to official records, there were 54 murders in Honduras on Christmas Eve. With a violent death every 74 minutes, a rate that more than doubled over Christmas, the country is four times more dangerous than Mexico. In 2012, 7172 murders were recorded. That&rs
Police Death Squads Contribute to Honduras’ High Homicide Rate
Honduras is the homicide capital of the world (.pdf). This is due in part to widespread and growing gang violence, but recently there have been reports that Honduran police themselves are organizing death squads.
Police Death Squads Contribute to Honduras’ High Homicide Rate
Honduras is the homicide capital of the world (.pdf). This is due in part to widespread and growing gang violence, but recently there have been reports that Honduran police themselves are organizing death squads.
Food First Institute decries "War against Peasants" in Honduras!
Honduras: The War on Peasants
Two more peasants were assassinated by paramilitary units last week in Honduras. This brings the murder of subsistence farmers and indigenous leaders to over 60 since the Honduran coup d’etat in 2009.
US military expands its drug war in Latin America
AP just released a very interesting story which includes substantial material on Honduras. Here is the link:
Religious Delegation to Honduras releases it's Report
In December in 2012, we teamed with the Sister of Mercy to take a delegation of U.S.
Letter to Secretary of State Kerry from 58 members of Congress
Rep. Johnson, 57 colleagues call for investigation into DEA-related killings in Honduras
Members call for review of counter-drug operations affecting Afro-Indigenous communities
Drumbeats Answer Gunshots: Garífunas struggle to protect lands under threat in Honduras
Triunfo de la Cruz, on the Caribbean coast of Honduras, seems idyllic – a white sand, palm-lined beach, and children playing in the surf. However, it is one of many sites in a long-running battle for the land and culture of the Garífuna people, descendants of Afro-indigenous people from St Vincent who were exiled to the Honduran coast by the British in the 18th century.