Honduras
HONDURAS / International Forum calls for immediate release and reparations for defenders of the Guapinol River
The International Forum for Human Rights in Honduras welcomes the granting of two injunctions on 10 February 2022 by the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice in favour of the 8 defenders of the Guapinol River in Honduras; decisions that recognise the illegality of the process and declared a mistrial, resulting in the […]
Women Human Rights Defenders and Communities in Struggle in the Context of the Elections in Honduras
Position of the WHRD networks and articulations that make up IM-Defensoras In a context of territorial dispossession, terror, and repression imposed by the narco-dictatorship that governs the country, a new election process will take place on 28 November. The National Network of Women Human Rights Defenders in Honduras and all the networks, articulations, and organizations […]
ACCOMPANIMENT OF WOMEN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS IN HONDURAS DURING THE 2021 ELECTIONS
On 28 November, a new electoral process will take place in Honduras, in a context of territorial dispossession, terror, and repression imposed by the current narco-dictatorship. This situation is intensifying violence against women defenders and their communities. Honduras is a mirror of the policies and interests being pushed throughout the world, but it is […]
[Urgent Alert] HONDURAS / National Congress adopts Penal Code Reforms that threaten social protest and defense of human rights
On Thursday, October 7, the Honduran National Congress, in a decision not open to discussion, approved a number of reforms to the Code of Criminal Procedure that impose heavier penalties for offenses such as usurpation and forced displacement, generally utilized by the State and extractive companies to criminalize social protest and the defense of human […]
[STATEMENT] A step towards justice for Berta: hope for Mesoamerican women human rights defenders.
After five years awaiting justice in the assassination of our sister Berta Cáceres Flores, today July 5th, 2021, we are celebrating in the streets, on social media, in the courts and in our communities. Thanks to the tireless struggle of Berta’s family and COPINH, one of the co-authors of this atrocious assassination will finally have […]