Canadian Prime Minister Trades in Human Rights for Economic Concessions in Honduras
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Honduran congress representatives reported to collude with transnational mining companies
These reports are particularly worrying in light of the current criminalization of members of the Siria Valley Environmental Committee and community members of El Porvenir and El Suyatal working to protect vital remaining forests and watersheds in their communities which also happened to be concessioned to transnational mining companies – reportedly Canadian companies.
Victims of the Coup d'État March in the Capital
Starting at 8:00am on Thursday, June 28th in Tegucigalpa, thousands of demonstrators met at the Pedagogical University and marched to the offices of the United Nations to make their denunciations.
Victims' Relatives Protest at Ministry of the Attorney General
July 26th at 10:00 am, relatives and friends of Isy Obed Murillo, Ilse Ivannia Velásquez, Roger Vallejo, Félix Murillo, Mario Fidel Contreras, Manuel Flores, Karen Jessenia Hernández, Walter Tróchez, Julio Fúnex, Pedro MAgdiel Muñoz and Pablo Villanueva, 11 victims assassinated after the coup d’état on June 28, 2009, staged a demonstration in front of the offices of the Ministry of the Attorney General (Ministerio Público) in Tegucigalpa.
COPINH: Impunity and Human Rights Violations Reign in Honduras
CIVIC COUNCIL OF POPULAR AND INDIGENOUS ORGANIZATIONS OF HONDURAS (COPINH)
International Organizations call for halt of criminalization against environmental defenders in Honduras
On July 5th, environmental activists from Valle de Siria, Carlos Amador and Marlon Hernández, were captured by police based on a warrant for their arrest issued by a local judge for the crime of “opposing logging carried out by the Raudales family”.
Father Fausto Milla and Assistant Denia Mejía Exiled from Honduras
At a press conference on Friday, July 8th at the offices of the Committee of Relatives of the Detained and Disappeared in Honduras (COFADEH), Father Fausto Milla and his assistant Denia Mejía announced their departure from Honduras. They have been victims of serious threats and harassment and have received no response to their denunciations from the responsible authorities.
Palmerola military base, Comayagua, Honduras, June 28, 2011 (Video by Artistas en Resistencia)
This video was taken by a member of the Artists in Resistance collective of Honduras (Artistas en Resistencia) during the non-violent protest at the Soto Cano (Palmerola) military base in Honduras.