Honduras Accompaniment Project

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Preliminary Observations on visit to Honduras

Tegucigalpa, Honduras, August 21, 2009 — The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) today concluded its on-site visit to Honduras, which began on August 17, 2009. The purpose of the visit was to observe the human rights situation in the context of the coup d’état of June 28, 2009. The delegation was composed of the IACHR President, Luz Patricia Mejía; the First Vice President, Víctor Abramovich; the Second Vice President and Rapporteur for Honduras, Felipe González; Commissioner Paolo Carozza; and Executive Secretary Santiago A. Canton. The Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Catalina Botero, was also part of the delegation.

Honduras: Out of the vortex—into the vacuum

I returned on Saturday from an intense two weeks of accompanying International delegations in Honduras.

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Since a military coup removed President Zelaya on June 28th, the situation in Honduras has become increasingly tense. Honduran human rights and civil society groups continue to report serious violations of civil and human rights against activists, journalists and other social leaders expressing opposition to the coup. 
 

Tegucigalpa, Honduras: Thursday, August 13, 2009

Wednesday’s Events in Tegucigalpa

We had breathed a collective sigh of relief that the mass mobilizations of Tuesday had passed without major incident.  In the morning on Wednesday, part of our delegation went to join that day’s march which, after an extended assembly at the University headed off towards downtown Tegucigalpa.  Three of us who have been coordinating spent the morning writing a framework for an ongoing presence of delegations.

Action Alert: Day After Attacks in Honduras

Thank you for your calls to the US State Department and Ambassador Llorens to denounce the brutal repression unleashed on peaceful protestors yesterday in Honduras.  Today, people are stunned , injured and reeling from the impact of yesterday’s attacks by Honduran police and military.

Press Release: Delegation Witness to Violence

The fifth delegation of international human rights observers maintaining presence in Honduras since the coup of 28 June denounces the many and grave human rights violations perpetrated by the state security forces, including the national police, the Command of Special Operations COBRA, and the national army. 

Honduras Update: Military Attack Escalates

Attack on Peaceful Protestors Escalates

Please take action again to stop the repression!

Thank you for your calls to the U.S. State Department – please call again!  The repression is escalating. Crackdowns are occurring in San Pedro Sula as well as Tegucigalpa.

Military takes the streets of Tegucigalpa (video)

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Urgent: Marchers & Delegation Under Attack in Tegucigalpa

Please call the State Dept immediately at 202-647-4000 and tell them U.S. citizens are in the midst of a peaceful march in Tegucigalpa, Honduras that is under attack by the Honduran military and to instruct the Honduran military not to fire on protesters.

Tegucigalpa: Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Our plan for the day had been to divide our delegation into three groups, with each group joining marches from different directions.  At the last minute we were advised that the marchers coming in from the North, from Siguatepeque and La Esperanza, were the smallest group and thus thought to be the most vulnerable.  As it turned out, they were also the group that was the farthest away from the city.