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MADRE Stands in Solidarity with Honduras
Posted on: Thursday, October 11, 2012
Keywords: Honduras, Latin American and Caribbean, Women Human Rights Defenders
MADRE joins women human rights defenders from around the world standing with Honduras and demanding an end to the violence.
Call to End the Repressive Policies of the State of Honduras
Posted on: Thursday, April 7, 2011
Keywords: Honduras, Latin America and Caribbean, Women Human Rights Defenders, US Foreign Policy
MADRE has signed on to this letter to the United Nations from feminist and human rights networks and organizations.Ms. Navi PillayUnited Nations High Commissioner for Human RightsMs. Margaret SekaggyaUnited Nations Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights DefendersMs. Rashida...
Call to Action: Mobilize against the Repressive Policies of the State of Honduras
Posted on: Thursday, April 7, 2011
Keywords: Honduras, Latin America and Caribbean, Women Human Rights Defenders, US Foreign Policy
This call to action comes to MADRE from JustAssociatesIn the last few months, violence in Honduras has reached new heights. Security forces are violently and indiscriminately suppressing human rights organizing and protesters. Women and women human rights defenders have been...
Take Action for Honduran Activists
Posted on: Monday, May 24, 2010
Keywords: Honduras, Latin America, Economic Justice, Peace Building
Take action for Honduran activists! From Grassroots International:Honduran resistance leader and former Independent presidential candidate Carlos Reyes received a death threat on his cell phone last night. More than 40 activists, journalists, environmentalists, feminists and gay rights activists have been...
Event: Ending Militarization in the Americas
Posted on: Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Keywords: Event, Latin America, Honduras, Peace Building
The Latin America Solidarity Coalition will host a one-day Anti-militarization Organizers Conference on Thursday, November 18, 2010 in Columbus, GA.The conference will take place in the lead-up to the November Vigil to close the School of the Americas (SOA). It...
Human Rights Abuses in Honduras: An Open Letter to Hillary Clinton
Posted on: Thursday, November 19, 2009
Keywords: Honduras, Latin America, Economic Justice, Peace Building
Open Letter to the Secretary of State of the United States of AmericaThe Honorable Hillary ClintonDepartment of StateWashington, DCDear Secretary Clinton,We are writing to you as a world leader in women’s rights. Your courageous track record on this issue has...
Open Letter to Security Council Members on Addressing the Crisis in Honduras
Posted on: Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Keywords: Honduras, Latin America, Economic Justice, Peace Building, UN
MADRE joins other organizations in calling on Security Council members to address the crisis in Honduras.Dear Ambassador,As feminist organizations and networks and women’s groups working to address the crisis caused by the recent coup d’état in Honduras, we look to...
A new report details the excessive use of force by Honduran police and military following the coup
Posted on: Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Keywords: Honduras, Latin America, Economic Justice, Peace Building
Today, Amnesty International released a new report detailing the excessive use of force by the Honduran police and military following the coup of President Zelaya. From the report:"Amnesty International is publishing this summary of findings to highlight serious human rights concerns...
MADRE Commends the Suspension of US Military Aid to Honduras
Posted on: Thursday, July 9, 2009
Keywords: Honduras, Latin America, Peace Building, US Foreign Policy
On July 8, 2009, the US embassy in Honduras confirmed that the US would suspend $16.5 million dollars in military assistance, following the June coup that deposed democratically-elected President Manuel Zelaya. MADRE commends this US decision as a necessary step...
The Mission for Democracy and Human Rights in Guatemala-Honduras returns home via land
Posted on: Monday, July 6, 2009
Keywords: Honduras, Guatemala, Latin America, Economic Justice, Peace Building
Return of the delegation via land as a result of the closing of the Toncontin de Tegucigalpa international airport.Guatemala, 07/06/09 - The human rights organizations’ mission, headed by Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr. Rigoberta Menchu Tum, attests to the dire...
Statement by Feminist and Women's Organizations from Honduras
Posted on: Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Keywords: Honduras, Latin America, Economic Justice, Peace Building
TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES, HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS AND TO THE STATES OF THE WORLDOn Sunday, June 28, 2009 the democratically elected President of the Republic of Honduras, José Manuel Zelaya Rosales, was assaulted, abducted and sent to...
MADRE Denounces the Military Coup d'Etat in Honduras
Posted on: Monday, June 29, 2009
Keywords: Honduras, Latin America, Economic Justice, Peace Building
A military coup on Sunday morning ousted the democratically-elected Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, who is nearing the end of his term. He was forced from the country the day of a referendum on extending term-limits from one term to two....
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