Honduras

Human Rights in REPUBLIC OF HONDURAS

Honduras: Abuses escalate in crackdown
25 September 2009

Reports indicate that at least five people have been killed in the political turmoil in Honduras since 21 September 2009, when deposed President Manuel Zelaya returned ...

Urgent Action       AMR 37/006/2009

Several reported dead in Honduras turmoil | Amnesty International
25 September 2009

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

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Beatings and detentions follow Honduras demonstrations | Amnesty ...
24 September 2009

Amnesty International has received continuing reports of numerousdemonstrators being beaten by police and some several hundred detainedacross Tegucigalpa, the capital ...

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Honduras: Sharp rise in police beatings, mass arrests and ...
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 ...

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Honduras: Human rights defenders under attack
23 September 2009

Police officers fired tear gas into the office of Committee of Relatives of the Disappeared in Honduras (Comité de Familiares de Detenidos Desaparecidos en Honduras ...

Urgent Action       AMR 37/005/2009

Honduras: Human rights crisis threatens as repression increases
19 August 2009

Concerns about human rights in Honduras have intensified since the democratically elected President Zelaya was forced from power on 28 June 2009 and expelled from ...

Report       AMR 37/004/2009

Honduras: Photos and testimony of protestors shows extent of ...
19 August 2009

Amnesty International today published a series of exclusive photos and testimonies revealing serious ill-treatment by police and military of peaceful protesters ...

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Honduras photos and protestor testimonies show extent of police ...
19 August 2009

Exclusive photos and testimonies published by Amnesty International on Wednesday reveal serious ill-treatment of peaceful protesters by police and military in the ...

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Honduran authorities must respect the rule of law and human rights ...
6 July 2009

Protests are escalating in Honduras with reports of protestors beingbeaten. Nineteen-year-old protestor, Isis Obed Murillo, died fromgunshot wounds on Sunday.

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Honduras: Intimidation of media workers and protestors rising ...
3 July 2009

Amnesty International denounced an escalation in human rights abuses in Honduras and urged the security forces to respect the rule of law and human rights when ...

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