Message from teachers in Honduras
Since the disputed election at the end of November, repression of the resistance in Honduras has continued. A number of activists have been killed and others detained and beaten badly.
COFADEH Vigil on New Years Day - Warnings of Death Squads and Dirty War
From Military Coup de tat, to illegitimate government of force - Entering the year 2010
8th International Witness Delegation to Honduras - Report on "Elections"
Over the last five months, as we and other solidarity and indepedent media organizations have reported on the egregious human rights violations and other anti-democratic measures committed by the i
Urgent Action Alert for Honduras
We are receiving alarming reports from partners in Honduras. Emboldened by the United States endorsement of the November 29th “elections,” the state terror apparatus in Honduras has ra
COFADEH Warns of New Escalation of Repression
According to Bertha Oliva, Coordinator of COFADEH, statements by dictator Micheletti accusing the resistance movement of committing the murder of 16 year old Rodríguez Cabrera are a portent of more b
Hooded men capture peasants in Sinaloa, Colón.
Four hooded men kidnapped Osman Alexis Ulloa Flores y Mario René Ayala Hernández, members the Unifed Peasant Movement of Aguan, MUCA.
Daughter of Controversial Journalist murdered in Tegucigalpa
Dec. 16, 2009 Last night the daughter of controversial journalist Karol Cabrera was murdered by unidentified individuals on a motorcycle.
Honduran Resistance Movement Member Decapitated in Recent Wave of Repression
A member of the Resistance Front against the Coup was decapitated Friday night presumably by the police under orders of the de facto regime. According to Andres Pavon, President of the Committee for
Friends remember slain Mexican activist
Romina Maurino
Toronto — The Canadian Press Published on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009 7:44PM EST
A Mexican man who strongly opposed the presence of a Canadian company in his hometown felt sure his activism would lead to his murder but was willing to pay that price to protest what he regarded to be human rights abuses, friends said Thursday.
Activist Mariano Abarca Roblero, 51, was gunned down in front of his home in southern Chiapas last month.
CIPRODEH Denounces Assassination of Human Rights Defender
On December 4, 2009, human rights defender Walter Trochez, member of the gay/lesbian/bisexual/trans community and active member of the National Resistance Front was kidnapped and brutally beaten in fr
GDAE Launches New Publications on “Lessons from NAFTA”
Building on ten years of research on the social, economic, and environmental impacts of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on Mexico, GDAE’s »
Honduras: Reject Amnesty for Abuses During Coup
(Washington, DC) - The proposal by Porfirio Lobo, winner of Honduras' disputed presidential election on November 29, 2009, for an "amnesty for all" of those involved in the June coup d'état violat
