Urgent Action: Honduran State Is Failing to Guarantee the Security of its Citizens (COFADEH)
Original version in Spanish can be found here on COFADEH’s human rights journalism website Defensores en línea.
Original version in Spanish can be found here on COFADEH’s human rights journalism website Defensores en línea.
Below is a summary of the human rights violations that took place on Wednesday, March 30th across Honduras during the day-long national civic strike.
Committee of Relatives of the Detained and Disappeared of Honduras
Since the November elections in Honduras which resulted in the installation of Porfilio Lobo as President on January 27, 2010, the human rights situation in Honduras has continued to deteriorate. According to human rights organizations, there is a marked increase in selective targeting of people and communities active in the resistance movement. Despite a public discourse of reconciliation on the part of Lobo, partners in Honduras are experiencing increased levels of state terror.