On Tuesday, February 14, 2012, U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) circulated a House sign-on “Dear Colleague” letter (found below) addressing the ongoing human rights crisis in the Aguán region of Honduras. We need your help in securing the signature of your Congressperson on this letter by Wednesday, March 7, 2012! To identify your […]
by the Association of Participatory Radios and Programs of El Salvador (ARPAS) July 15th, 2011 Yesterday Nery Jeremias Orellana was killed , director of the Community radio station, Radio Joconguera in the municipality of Candelaria in southern Honduras near the border with El Salvador.The young journalist was also a correspondent of Radio Progreso, located in […]
On June 5th, 6th and 7th, El Salvador hosted the annual General Assembly of the Organization of American States. While representatives from 34 nations met in the La Feria Internacional in San Salvador and at nearby hotels to discuss security issues facing the region, Salvadorans and Hondurans protested the return of the post-coup government of […]
The 14th of May is a day everyone in Chalatenango looks forward to and dreads at the same time. The anticipation is for the commemoration of the anniversary the Sumpul River Massacre, in which hundreds of youth, men and women make the trek to the site of the brutal 1980 attack on civilians. The trepidation […]
Given: 1- The recent escalation of violence by the de facto government against the Honduran people, 2- The US Embassy’s attempt to blame the violence on the civic organizations who are expressing their rights to call for democracy, justice and fairness 3- The near silence (and/or distortion of events) in the US media on this […]
http://www.thenation.com/article/160472/open-season-teachers-honduras Dana Frank May 5, 2011 In Honduras, it’s come to this: when 90 percent of the city’s 68,000 public schoolteachers went out on strike in March to protest the privatization of the entire public school system, the government teargassed their demonstrations for almost three solid weeks, then suspended 305 teachers for two to six months […]
Saturday May 7, 2011 By the Red Morazánica de Información, Translated by SC Staff. Click here for the Spanish Version On May 4, the parliamentary faction of the FMLN in the Legislative Assembly and in the Central American Parliament (PARLACEN) presented a document requesting that the Government of El Salvador make a statement in support […]
HONDURAS SOLIDARITY NETWORK: SUMMARY OF LOBO REGIME VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS SINCE MID-MARCH ESCALATION Over the last few weeks, attacks against peaceful demonstrators and human rights defenders have intensified throughout Honduras. Under the regime of Porfirio Lobo, who assumed power following undemocratic elections in late 2009, the targeted violent attacks against political opponents and human […]
Report Back from the January 2011 Honduras Accompaniment Project Delegation By Alexandra Early (SC Staff) and Ann Legg (SC board member) The government sells itself by saying they have advanced in terms of human rights, that they have created mechanisms to protect human rights, and they say they are concerned about reconciliation in Honduras. They […]
On November 17th, the National Congress in Honduras passed its very own Anti-Terrorism Law. The new legislation, called the Alvarez Law, was presented to Congress by Oscar Alvarez, Minister of Security under Pepe Lobo Sosa, leader of the coup regime. Alvarez is the nephew of General Gustavo Alvarez Martinez, leader of the so-called 316 Battalion […]