November Delegation to Honduras – Friendship Office and Witness for Peace
COFADEH Committee of the Relatives of the Detained Disappeared in Honduras PERSONAL SAFETY OF DETAINEES AT RISK: CAMPESINOS ARRESTED AFTER PROTEST VIOLENTLY CRUSHED ARE BEING HELD INCOMMUNICADO BY TIGRE BONILLA´S SUBORDINATES The physical safety of Aguan campesinos, arrested when their protest was violently crushed, is under at risk. They are being held incommunicado in Metropolitan In July and August, PROAH (Honduras Accompaniment Project/Proyecto de Acompañamiento Internacional en Honduras) welcomed two new accompaniers to our team based in Tegucigalpa. Brigitte Gynther is sponsored by SOAW* and Andreas Hugentobler-Alvarez by Peace Watch Switzerland to work with PROAH. For Immediate Release: August 15, 2012 TEGUCIGALPA, Aug 14 (Reuters) By Gustavo Palencia – The Honduran government must investigate the cases of 22 journalists murdered in the last two years in a country that has the world’s highest murder rate, a United Nations envoy said on Tuesday. Frank La Rue, a U.N. special freedom of expression rapporteur, also demanded that President On June 22, Accompaniment Organizations working in Central America sent an "Open Letter to the distinguished members of the international diplomatic corps and international organizations with a presence in or focus on Honduras" outlining concerns about threats received by international accompaniers of PROAH and the recent increase in attacks on human rights defenders in Honduras. See letter attached. From 20 to 24 May 2012, a commission organised by COFADEH (the Committee of the Families of the Detained and Disappeared in Honduras) visited La Ceiba and La Moskitia to document the tragic events of 11 May, when four passengers in a river boat were killed when they were shot from helicopters during a joint From 20 to 24 May 2012, a commission organised by COFADEH (the Committee of the Families of the Detained and Disappeared in Honduras) visited La Ceiba and La Moskitia to document the tragic events of 11 May, when four passengers in a river boat were killed when they were shot from helicopters during a joint In a letter sent yesterday to President Lobo, 17 members of the United States Congress expressed concern regarding the escalation of violence targeting human rights defenders and international human rights accompaniment efforts in Honduras in recent months. The representatives requested an exhaustive investigation into recent death threats issued to human rights defenders, journalists and PROAH accompaniers by C.A.M.COFADEH URGENT ACTION: Detainees at risk. Incomunicado/in custody of subordinates of el Tigre Bonilla
COFADEH URGENT ACTION: Campesinos repressed and arbitrarily detained
PROAH Welcomes New Accompaniers
New Investigative Report into DEA Related Killings in Honduras
Contact: Dan Beeton, 202-239-1460U.N. envoy tells Honduras to better protect its journalists
Open Letter to Diplomatic Corps in response to death threats recieved by the Honduras Accompaniment Project
The tragedy in La Moskitia – PROAH accompanies COFADEH fact-finding mission
The tragedy in La Moskitia – PROAH accompanies COFADEH fact-finding mission
17 Members of Congress express concern for human rights defenders and PROAH