As we write this, the crisis generated by the new Hurricane Iota is still unfolding in Honduras. This morning, Honduras woke up to another major disaster less than two week after the last one, Hurricane Eta. Many people still do not have electricity or signal on their phones and even more people have had to flee…
The coronavirus pandemic has turned prisons into breeding grounds for the pandemic. We are asking you to take the following actions in support of this campaign: Send an appeal to international human rights officials and authorities demanding an end to mass incarceration during this pandemic If you are a resident of the United States, click…
Last week, more than 3,000 people who left Central America escaping violence and misery were detained by Mexican security forces within hours of entering the country. The Migrant Caravan, started by Honduran refugees, is the most painful and recent evidence of the catastrophic consequences of U.S. and Canadian support for the regime of Juan Orlando…
Ten years after the coup d’etat on June 28, 2009, the Peoples Human Rights Observatory expresses its solidarity and support to the brave resistance of the Honduran people. From the Observatory, we recognize that the 2009 coup was not only an attack against the elected president Manuel Zelaya, but also an affront to Honduran democracy, to…
Monday, April 8th at 4:30pm PT / 7:30pm ET (Español abajo) Three years after Berta Cáceres murder, human rights abuses in Honduras have increased and the US-backed dictatorship of Juan Orlando Hernández has been granted impunity. The H.R. 1945, better known as the Berta Cáceres Human Rights in Honduras Act, would suspend military and police…
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER Three years after Berta Cáceres’ murder, the struggle for justice for her and against the US and Canadian-backed dictatorship in Honduras continues. In honor of Berta, and with a commitment to supporting the continuing struggle, the Honduras Solidarity Network invites you to join the webinar Fighting for Berta’s Path. Listen to…
Dates: March 26 – April 2, 2019 After the fraudulent elections of 2017, in which Juan Orlando Hernández was illegally re-elected as president of Honduras, the world has seen thousands of people flee the country in massive caravans; an increase of political repression and violence. Conditions for political prisoners such as Edwin Espinal and…
[español abajo] Roots of the Exodus: from the Honduran political crisis to the Refugee caravan- an update Tuesday, December 11 at 7pm CT and Central American Time/8pm ET/6pm MT/5pm PT Please join this Honduras Solidarity Network webinar with Honduran journalist, former opposition congressman, and human rights defender, Bartolo Fuentes who was accompanying the Refugee Caravan…
Thursday, November 8th at 5:30pm PT/6:30pm MT/7:30pm CT/8:30pm ET. We had a Honduras Solidarity Network webinar to understand the origins of the Refugee Caravan, which finds its roots on the US interventionist policies in the region, to hear from the current situation of the more than 7 thousand people that are part of the caravan,…
Originally Published HERE. On October 12, 2018, hundreds of women, men, children, youth and the elderly decided to leave Honduras as a desperate response to survive. The massive exodus that began in the city of San Pedro Sula, reached more than 3 thousand people by the time the group crossed to Guatemala. The caravan, which…
