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By tomlFebruary 9, 2010Honduras Accompaniment Project, Nicaragua LibreHuman Rights, News Flashes

Union Leader murdered in Honduras

On February 3, Vanessa Zepeda, a 29 year old nurse and SITRAIHASS union leader (Honduran Social Security Institute) left her home at 2pm. At approximately 6:30 pm, her lifeless body was dumped out of a vehicle in Loarque, a neighborhood well known for resistance movement activities. Vanessa had received repeated death threats linked to her activism in the resistance movement which had been registered by human rights organizations. She was the mother of three children; the youngest is 4 months old.

By tomlFebruary 8, 2010Honduras Accompaniment Project, Nicaragua LibreHuman Rights, News Flashes

State Terrorism against the resistance movement contradicts discource of reconciliation

Feb. 5, 2010 COFADEH

The state terrorism which has been implemented since June 28, 2009 against the people of Honduras in the form of selective crimes, political persecution and other human rights violations contradicts the discourse of reconciliation and the installation of a Truth Commission.

By jennyaJanuary 15, 2010Honduras Accompaniment Project, Nicaragua LibreHuman Rights, News Flashes

Unified Peasant Movement Alert: More are captured

January 13, 2010 – At 1:30pm, a military and police patrol captured three members of the Unified Peasant Movement of Aguan along the Aguan river. The men are members of the Buenos Amigos Cooperative in the municipality of Trujillo. According to farmers in the zone, there are approximately 1000 armed men, military and paramilitary, under the command of Coronel Dagoberto Melgar occupying the area. He is suspected of selling protection services to large African palm plantation owners in the region.

Movimiento Unificado Campesino del Aguan

By November 29, 2009Honduras Accompaniment ProjectNews Flashes

Farmers Block the Border

Hundreds of small farmers from the "Agrarian Platform" blocked the border between Guatemala and Honduras since yesterday in protest of the elections in Honduras which they consider to be illegal. The farmers blocked all transport from crossing the border, creating long lines of vehicles waiting to cross and resulting in economic losses. The blockade was lifted today.

By November 29, 2009Honduras Accompaniment Project, Nicaragua LibreNews Flashes

Tegucigalpa, Honduras – detention and explosions. Nov. 29, 2009

By jennyaNovember 28, 2009Honduras Accompaniment Project, Nicaragua LibreNews Flashes

Raid on Home of Resistance Movement Leader in Siguatepeque

Just after the raid at COMAL, the home of José Pacheco, a leader of the resistance movement in Siguatepeque, was searched by the same security forces citing the same motives as those who raided COMAL.

By jennyaNovember 28, 2009Honduras Accompaniment Project, Nicaragua LibreNews Flashes

Raid on Home of Resistance Movement Leader in Siguatepeque

By tomlOctober 16, 2009Honduras Accompaniment ProjectNews Flashes

7:00pm Friday, Zelaya's team rejects proposal of Micheletti

According to one of the negotiators of President Zelaya, he has just announced that he was rejecting as “absolutely inacceptable” the proposal of the de facto government that it be the Supreme Court which decides his restitution. At the same time they announced that the dialogue would continue.

By jennyaOctober 14, 2009Honduras Accompaniment ProjectNews Flashes

EU will prepare coercive measures against members of coup regime

The EU announced that it is determined to sustain pressure on the Micheletti government until a solution is reached to the crisis in Honduras. The EU will prepare a list of coercive measures to be applied to members of Michelettis cabinent. It is also considering if the countries of the EU will recognize the November elections as legitimate.

By tomlOctober 13, 2009Honduras Accompaniment ProjectNews Flashes

Another day, more denunciations in Honduras

Every day brings more acts of threats and repression. Today a denunciation was reported to the Honduran Human Rights group COFADEH that an Italian-Argentinean artist named Maria Luisa Fiaso, who is in currently in the country with the Artistic group Zapayasos, was threatened twice between last Friday night and Saturday.

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