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Honduras News in Review—January 2010
New Honduran president takes office as Zelaya heads into exile; Honduran generals cleared of wrongdoing in coup; Deaths, threats against resistance members give rise to exiles...
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Rights Abuses Persist in Wake of Honduran Elections
Repression continues unabated following Honduras’ U.S.-recognized Nov. 29 elections, according to human rights groups and other observers on the ground in Honduras.
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World Divided on Honduras Elections as Rights Advocates Say Vote Was Marred by Government Repression
Despite continued local and international concern over repression, Honduras held elections on Nov. 29, with National Party candidate Porfirio Lobo Sosa claiming victory by a wide margin.
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Briefing on Honduras: Government-Supported Human Rights Abuses and the Legacy of Impunity
Human rights advocates say they are witnessing a pattern of abuse strikingly similar to what citizens suffered during the political conflicts of the 1980s.
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Fear and Loathing in Honduras: Elections Under Repression
As Honduras' Nov. 29 election day approaches, there are questions as to whether the vote can truly be free and fair-Español
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Honduran police announce national strike (July 23)
Officers say they are unhappy with working conditions and cannot continue to work nearly around the clock...
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MISF associate producer beaten by police, video camera destroyed, tapes confiscated (July 30)
Oscar Estrada, associate producer for MISF, was beaten by police today while filming a protest in Tegucigalpa...
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Honduran human rights, press freedoms eroded since June 28
International NGOs, media, watchdog groups express concern over pattern of violence and media repression since coup...
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Honduran prosecutor Jari Dixon's family attacked after he denounces military coup on CNN
The family of Honduran public prosecutor Jari Dixon Herrera were attacked by police on July 14 shortly after he made statements to CNN en Español and other international media in Washington denouncing the recent military coup in Honduras...
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Honduras News in Review—September 2009
Zelaya returns to Honduras, de facto government escalates repression...
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Action Alert: Support democracy in Honduras
Urge your U.S. congressional representative to support the Delahunt-McGovern House Resolution on Honduras!
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Honduras News in Review—August 2009
U.S. suspends all nonhumanitarian aid to Honduras, refuses to recognize results of upcoming elections...
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Backgrounder: Making Sense of the Honduran Coup
The current conflict is rooted in a series of events reaching back to the earlier part of the Zelaya presidency...
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Honduras News in Review—July 10-Aug. 3, 2009
Post-coup death toll rises... International human rights delegation observes "systematic violations of human rights"...
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Honduras News in Review—June 1-July 10, 2009
Eleven days after coup, Honduras remains in turmoil...
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MISF joins other NGOs and faith-based groups in condemning Honduras coup
Read the full text of the June 30 statement...
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UPDATE (June 29): Civil unrest, international condemnation in wake of coup
Much of Tegucigalpa was still without power on Sunday evening...
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NEWS ALERT (June 28): TROOPS SEIZE HONDURAN PRESIDENT IN APPARENT COUP D'ETAT
The Honduran military arrested President Manuel Zelaya and several popular leaders this morning...
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