Letter to Congress regarding Human Rights Situation under the Lobos Government in Honduras
Dear Members of Congress,
Honduras Accompaniment Project works to accompany the nonviolent social movement in Honduras in the face of the repression begun by the coup.
Dear Members of Congress,
On Feb. 19th, the “Platform for Human Rights” – a coalition that includes each of Honduras’ key human rights organizations – issued a statement strongly criticizing the Truth Commission jointly proposed by the Lobo government and U.S. Administration. The Honduran Human Rights Platform states that “the conditions for such a commission do not exist” given that, among other reasons:
The respected Honduran human rights organization, COFADEH, released a statement this week on the "First Thirty Days of the Porfirio Lobo Government" which describes
a continued state policy of social control and repression against political opposition in the country. COFADEH states that 160 cases of violations of human rights have been documented during the first 30 days of the Lobo government. The full statement is the attachment in the blue box.
Following Human Rights Council resolution 12/14, entitled “Situation of humanrights in Honduras since the coup d’état on 28 June 2009”, which requested the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to submit to its thirteenth session a “comprehensive report on the violations of human rights in Honduras since the coup d’état”, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) sent a mission to the country from 18 October to 7 November 2009.
This is a very strong letter, expressing serious concern regarding the deteriorating human rights situation in Honduras under the recently installed Lobo.