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Honduras: Military shooting must be urgently investigated and witnesses protected - 28 November 2009

Amnesty International today said it was deeply worried about the safety of victims of and witnesses to a shooting at a military blockade that took place in Tegucigalpa last night. The organization called on the Human Rights Prosecutor to urgently investigate the incident.

Stock pile of tear gas grenades in Honduras triggers fears of human rights abuses - 27 November 2009

An Amnesty International delegation in Honduras monitoring the human rights situation around the presidential elections, has seen evidence suggesting an increased risk of excessive force by security forces.

Amnesty International visits Honduras to assess human rights situation - 18 November 2009

An Amnesty International delegation will be travelling to Honduras between 24 November and 4 December to assess the human rights situation in the context of the political crisis facing the Central American nation.

Honduras radio journalists dealt further blow to freedom of expression - 27 October 2009

Three programmes have been cancelled by a popular radio station, because their broadcasts 'failed to promote peace' and 'discredited' the electoral process.

Honduras must allow journalists to broadcast freely - 9 October 2009

The de facto Honduran authorities must allow journalists to broadcast as negotiations over the country's political future continue, Amnesty International has said.

Journalists in Honduras: "They know who we are" - 30 September 2009

Marvin Ortiz, a journalist with Radio Globo in Honduras, talks to Amnesty International about how the station was forcibly and violently shut down in a joint police and military operation.

Increased abuses in Honduras given green light by Executive Decree - 30 September 2009

Honduran de facto president Roberto Micheletti urged to rescind a decree that provides sweeping new powers of detention to the police, bans all public meetings and imposes a 45 day curfew.

Executive Decree gives green light to increased abuses in Honduras - 29 September 2009

Honduran de facto president Roberto Micheletti must rescind a decree that provides sweeping new powers of detention to the police, bans all public meetings and imposes a 45 day curfew, Amnesty International said today.

Several reported dead in Honduras turmoil - 25 September 2009

Five people are reported to have been killed during a week of violent political unrest in Honduras.

Honduras: Sharp rise in police beatings, mass arrests and harassment of activists - 23 September 2009

Amnesty International today denounced a sharp rise in police beatings, mass arrests of demonstrators and intimidation of human rights defenders in Honduras since the June coup d’état and warned that fundamental rights and the rule of law in the Central American nation are in grave jeopardy.