UN Special Rapporteur urges the Honduran Government to protect human rights defenders
From the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. The full end-of-mission statement in English and Spanish can be found here.
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.
International Human Rights Gathering in Solidarity with the Aguan – Feb. 17-20,2012
With hope and the desire to continue building a Honduras in which we will NOT be among the growing statistics of the violation of human rights, we are seeking a solution to the grave humanitarian situation in the Valley of Aguan. This is a region of struggle for communities of family farmers, who have united once again to take up unified efforts to achieve justice, dignity and life.
CCR: Summary of Reports of Human Rights Abuses in Honduras – Dec.and Jan 2012
February 12, 2012.The second of a two-part series about the roots of violence in Honduras. by Annie Murphy NPR: Weekend Edition Sunday February 11, 2012. This is the first of a two-part series about the roots of violence in Honduras.
(Versión en español abajo) A letter was written February 6, 2012 to Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs John Baird. It was signed by five Members of Parliament (MPs), all members of the Official Opposition with the New Democratic Party (NDP) and Official Opposition Critics for the portfolios of Foreign Affairs, Finance, International Cooperation, Human Rights, and International Trade. As a result of information they have received from Canadian and Honduran NGOs, they express their concern regarding the new mining law currently before the Honduran Congress: NYTimes Op-Ed: Human Rights in Honduras From: The Honorable Sam Farr Date: 2/6/2012Dear Colleague:I write to draw your attention to a New York Times op-ed by University of California, Santa Cruz Professor Dana Frank about continuing human rights violations in Honduras.Sincerely,SAM FARR Member of CongressIn Honduras, a Mess Made in the U.S. By DANA FRANK 1/11/2012 Marvin Palacios, Tegucigalpa. Wire-tapping, which police and military intelligence agencies have been carrying out for years to intercept the communications of civil society organisations and the political opposition, was legalised by the Honduran Congress in December 2011. However, according to officials working for Porfirio Lobo’s regime, the law was passed as a way of combating common criminality, organised crime and drug-trafficking.
NPR Series Part II: 'Who Rules In Honduras?' Coup's Legacy Of Violence
NPR Series Part 1: In Honduras, Police Accused Of Corruption, Killings
Alert: This Friday the remains of teacher Ilse Ivania Velázquez will be exhumed in Langue
Letter from Canadian MPs and Official Opposition Critics re. New Honduran Mining Law
Dear Colleague Letter – NYTimes Op-Ed: In Honduras, a Mess Made in the U.S.
“Telephone Interception Law” – A Further Threat to Communications Privacy