unjust conviction and pending sentencing of Gladys Lanza Ochoa, the coordinator of the Honduran Women’s Committee for Peace “Visitacion Padilla”
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Honduras: News & Updates
Honduras did not experience civil war in the 1980s, but its geography (bordering El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua) made it a key location for US military operations: training Salvadoran soldiers, a base for Nicaraguan contras, military exercises for US troops. The notorious Honduran death squad Battalion 316 was created, funded and trained by the US. The state-sponsored terror resulted in the forced disappearances and extrajudicial killings of approximately 200 people during the 1980s. Many more were abducted and tortured. The 2009 military coup d’etat spawned a resurgence of state repression against the civilian population that continues today.
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RRN Letter
February 13, 2015
RRN Letter
February 12, 2015
armed attack on Jesús Flores Satuye (shot in the head and arm), a member of the Afro-descendant Garífuna community of Nueva Armenia in Atlántida Department, and concurrent attack on the offices of La Via Campesina in Tegucigalpa.
RRN Letter
January 21, 2015
murder of environmental and indigenous rights defender Juan Francisco Martinez, a member of the Independent Indigenous Lenca Movement of La Paz (MILPAH).
RRN Letter
December 26, 2014
RRN Letter
December 25, 2014
RRN Letter
November 15, 2014
RRN Letter
November 12, 2014
RRN Letter
November 11, 2014
RRN Letter
October 11, 2014
RRN Letter
September 13, 2014
