COFADEH Exposes Systematic Attacks on Human Rights Defenders
Defensores en Linea 4/23/2012 – Dina Meza, a Honduran journalist and human rights activist, has received a series of threats of sexual violence against her in recent weeks. Her safety is at risk. Dina Meza, award winning journalist and human rights activist with COFADEH, has received a series of threats of sexual violence against her in recent weeks. Amnesty International has issued an URGENT ACTION. Her safety is at risk. Please see the attached Alert and take Action. PLEASE NOTE: PROAH accepts applications on an ongoing basis from individuals who have been trained for human rights accompaniment in the recent past with organizations familiar to PROAH who have extensive experience in accompaniment work in a comparable context and fulfill the rest of the requirements mentioned above and in this PDF. COFADEH Editorial. In two years, Porfirio Lobo has issued twenty emergency decrees, including security and defense decrees. This manner of leading the country, via emergency declarations, confirms various realities. An independent fact-finding mission of women Nobel Peace Laureates visiting the "northern triangle – Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras" declared that “violence against women—including murder, rape and forced disappearances—has reached a crisis point in the region.” They called for “concerted and immediate action to protect women—including those women doing frontline human rights work.” They link this crisis to militarization and U.S. CALLING FOR SUSPENSION OF ASSISTANCE TO HONDURAS International Accompaniers in Honduras receive Death Threats
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