Tag: Human 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.
Accompaniment Delegation Report from Honduras
Video: Commission of Truth Installation
See Video of Installation of the Commission of Truth
Which “Truth” will the world support in Honduras?
Honduras delegation update – June 25, 2010
Just released letter to Clinton from 27 Congresspeople
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:
The National Popular Resistance Front (FNRP) expresses it’s support for the Commission of Truth promoted by the Human Rights Platform of Honduras.
The National Resistance Front is looking for truth, the application of justice and the restitution for the victims who have had their human rights violated during the de facto regimes that were imposed by force subsequent to the military coup d’état on June 28, 2009.
ITUC Press Release on Escalating Violence
INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION
Honduras: Violence and Human Rights Violations Escalate
Brussels, 15 June 2010 (ITUC OnLine): Honduras is immersed in a very worrying spiral of violence, and the international trade union movement remains on the alert for human rights violations. Being a trade unionist or part of the Resistance Front implies major risks in the Honduras of today. Various trade union and community leaders have faced death threats and attempts on their lives over recent weeks.
Accompanying Radio Progreso and ERIC – Progreso, Honduras
It is early on Friday morning. I’m hoping I can post something while I’m at the radio this morning. I won’t have a chance again until Monday, since this afternoon I leave for El Aguan for a weekend of workshops on political formation with a team from ERIC (Team for Reflection, Research and Communication). Aguan has been involved in a protracted land struggle so it should be an interesting trip. It is inspiring to meet people who are committed and savvy and giving their all to defend their rights.
Accompanying Padre Melo – May, 2010
The Quixote Center is coordinating accompaniment for Padre Melo in the aftermath of a series of death threats last month. Lucy Edwards and Pam Shepherd of Ashland, OR are the team on the ground right now. Lucy is sending daily reports which you can read here:
May 18, 2010 We arrived this morning and were greeted at the airport by Don Jose who was holding a sign with my name on it. I have always wanted to be met at the airport like that! (lu grins) He had one for Pam, too.