Civil society urges Honduras to take immediate action
Civil society organizations worldwide call on Honduras to investigate the recent killings of human rights defenders exhaustively as well as adopt measures for their effective protection.
The recent killings of the activists Jose Angel Flores and Silmer Dionisio George from Unified Peasant Movement of Aguán (MUCA), in Bajo Aguán, as well as the attacks against members of the Civil Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH) illustrate the risks that human rights defenders face in Honduras. Intimidation, threats, repression of the freedom of assembly and expression, as well as other factors impacting people’s lives are the daily reality of human rights defenders. This is particularly prevalent when activities put the interests of powerful economic and political actors power “at risk”.
In a letter, together with 170 organizations, FIAN International calls on Honduras to conduct a thorough investigation into these events and put in place measures for the effective protection of those who defend life and human rights.
You can read the letter here (en español).