COPINH has tweeted: “Attention: 11 months after the ruling against David Castillo, the sentence of the co-author of the murder of our compañera #BertaCáceres will finally be read. The sentence must be consistent with what was shown in court and should not leave an opportunity for impunity.” The sentencing in Read more…
On May 11, PBI-Honduras tweeted: “PBI accompanies the LGBT Rainbow Association of Honduras during the public pronouncement in which the State of Honduras acknowledged its responsibility in the transfemicide of Vicky Hernández.” In June 2021, The Guardian reported: “In a landmark ruling for transgender rights, the Honduras government has been Read more…
On September 17, 2021, PBI-Honduras tweeted: “PBI accompanied the Asociación LGTB Arcoiris at the forum on the ruling of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights that declared the State of Honduras responsible for the death of Vicky Hernandez, trans woman activist after the coup in 2009. The event focuses on Read more…
The Associated Press reports: “A plan to create special self-governing zones for foreign investors in Honduras has been thrown into limbo with the new government’s repeal of a law many criticized as surrendering sovereignty.” “[The zones for employment and economic development known as ZEDEs are] free from import and export Read more…
On April 27, PBI-Honduras tweeted: “PBI accompanies the LGBT Rainbow Association of Honduras at the Forum for the Visibility of Equality, Respect, and Inclusion of Lesbian and Bisexual Women. Lesbian and bisexual women speak of “the importance of being recognized as people who can love.” On Facebook, PBI-Honduras further notes: Read more…
On April 25, PBI-Honduras tweeted: “A few days ago, PBI observed the Forum ‘Escazú: Now more than ever!’, of the Honduras Network for Escazú. We highlight the defense work of all the people in Honduras who advocate for the importance of protecting the environment, the land and the territory.” The Read more…
On April 21, PBI-Honduras tweeted: “PBI accompanies @defencofadeh in the trial of Germán Enrique Ayala Figueroa, criminalized for his work as an activist. The legal defense of the organization requested the application of the amnesty, tomorrow they will receive the resolution.” With respect to the charges against Ayala, El Espectador Read more…
On April 17, PBI-Honduras tweeted: “Despite their fundamental role in food production, 90% of rural women do not have land #DïaInternacionalDeLaLuchaCampesina [International Day of Peasant Struggles]. The #ONU [United Nations] invite #Honduras to review reforms of #CódigoPenal [Penal Code] that reduce civic space #criminalización [criminalization].” The International Day of Peasant Read more…
Photo from Bufete Estudios Para la Dignidad. On April 12, PBI-Honduras posted: “After seven years, despite the ratification in an Open Council and an injunction in their favor, the struggle of the Azacualpa community continues. The exploitation of the hill has not stopped, and with it the dispossession of the Read more…
Photo: CEHPRODEC coordinator Pedro Landa in on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, January 2012. Earlier this year, EFE reported: “Honduras announced on Monday [February 28] the cancellation of the approval of extractivist exploitation permits for ‘being harmful’ against the State and declared itself a country ‘free of open-pit mining’.” The Honduran Read more…