Date registered: November 16, 2006
May 07 2012
Members of the Honduras Preventive Police today confirmed the discovery of an alleged center of torture controlled by gang members in Tegucigalpa. Captain Selvin Mayes Rios, who is in charge of Operation Lightning, explained that the center had evidence of possible tortures and brutal physical mistreatments to people temporarily kidnapped by members of gangs linked …
Apr 30 2012
Consuelo Castillo | Bajo Aguan, Honduras My name is Consuelo Castillo and I have been fighting to defend the land for five years. Our goal is for everyone who is part of the land occupations to have access to land. Land, well, it’s our first mother. For us farmers, we don’t have life without land. …
Feb 14 2012
PRESS RELEASE The Honduras Supreme Court has upheld the country’s absolute ban on emergency contraception, which would criminalize the sale, distribution, and use of the “morning-after pill” — imposing punishment for offenders equal to that of obtaining or performing an abortion, which in Honduras is completely restricted. “By banning and criminalizing emergency contraception, Honduras is …
