News pertaining to human rights issues in Honduras.
The Honduras judicial system has released the five Syrians, who had been detained since November 18 after being arrested with counterfeit Greek passports following a ruling by the Immigration department to grant them a 90 day status as refugees. The Syrians “were freed having paid a bail of 10,000 lempiras ($450) each… The Syrians have […]
In Honduras there exists a problem of internal and external displacement through threats, intimidation, extortion, rape (of women and children) and an atmosphere of fear and insecurity due to gang activity alerts the Special Rapporteur of the U.N.’s commission of human rights. “Although the causes can be very different from those that occur because of […]
Tuberculous is an epidemic in Honduras, which basically means it’s always been present, but from time to time an inability to control it means it surges violently in the country. That’s how Delia Tercero, an epidemiologist from the regional department of health explained it, and that they’ve detected more people affected by it. “We have […]
The five Syrians paid smugglers $10,000 each to travel through multiple countries before being detained for carrying false Greek documents in Honduras, their epic journey exposing a little-known southern smuggling route for Syrians fleeing war in their homeland. A sixth man was turned away from Honduras on Friday upon arrival by plane from El Salvador, […]
With the inauguration of Internet del Pueblo in two schools in Marcala, La Paz, there are already 2,000 schools that have managed to get coverage. This turns Honduras into “the country in Central America that is on the vanguard of Internet access in schools” according to Juan Orlando. This benefits some 700,000 students in 17 […]