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.

By hondurasOctober 16, 2010Honduras Accompaniment ProjectHuman Rights, Reports

International Youth Day Vigil & Protest in Tegucigalpa

At the end of this post is an English translation of a press release by the Platform for Action in for Youth Rights in Honduras (Plataforma de Acción en Pro de los Derechos Juveniles de Honduras) released yesterday, October 15, 2010.

By jennyaSeptember 16, 2010Honduras Accompaniment ProjectHuman Rights, Reports

Honduras Accompaniment Project Update: Independence and Resistance – September 15, 2010

By jennyaJuly 15, 2010Honduras Accompaniment Project, Nicaragua LibreNicaragua

U.S. Militarization of Costa Rica – Statement from HSA

 The entry of U.S. troops into Costa Rica is a threat to Latin AmericaWe would like to express our strong rejection of the decision by Laura Chinchilla’s government to allow the entry of 7000 marines and 46 warships into Costa Rica from July 1 to December 31, 2010 under the pretext of fighting drug trafficking.

By tomlJuly 11, 2010Honduras Accompaniment ProjectHuman Rights, News Flashes

Honduran Businessman killed after revealing U.S. role in coup

Coup planned by Honduran businessmen in an Arab Emirate

Saturday July 10, 2010 12:15 Red Morazánica de Información

"They could kill me for this”.

Tegucigalpa. 20 June 2010.

By jennyaJuly 7, 2010Honduras Accompaniment ProjectNews Flashes

COFADEH denounces illegal detention of nine minors of the resistance movement

Friday, July 2010 20:04 COFADEH

By tomlJuly 2, 2010Honduras Accompaniment ProjectHuman Rights

Honduras delegation update (July 1st)

Witnessing Resistance in Honduras

Quixote Centre Honduras Delegation update July 1st, 2010

Caitlin Power Hancey, Atlantic Regional Solidarity Network (ARSN)

The Honduran resistance movement is real—it is also strong, diverse, and decidedly non-violent.

By jennyaJune 30, 2010Honduras Accompaniment ProjectHuman Rights

Accompaniment Delegation Report from Honduras

HONDURAS DELEGATION JUNE 2010

How to summarize such a rich, broad deep experience?

Rather than focusing on the legal and economic struggle that were both used and abused as a rationale for the coup, let’s meet some of the very diverse individuals that were involved in the myriad of organizations and coalitions that were part of the Frente – National Front for Popular Resistance (NFRP).

The Committee of Families of the Detained and Disappeared (COFADEH) was founded in 1980 reached out to youth in 20

By jennyaJune 29, 2010Honduras Accompaniment ProjectHuman Rights

Hot off the presses, there’s a new letter just out to Sec. of State Hillary Clinton on human rights violations in Honduras. It comes from 27 US congressmen who, contrary to the Secretary’s statements in Lima earlier this month, maintain that "political violence continues to wrack Honduras" one year after the June 28, 2009 coup. According to the legislators, they write to: