• Human Rights in Honduras

    Law enforcement officials committed widespread human rights violations under the de facto government that took power after the 2009 military coup. Impunity for post-coup abuses remains a serious problem, despite the government’s establishment of a truth commission in May 2010 to examine events surrounding the coup, and efforts by prosecutors at the human rights unit in the attorney general’s office to investigate abuses.

    Journalists, human rights defenders, political activists, and transgender people face violence and threats. Those responsible for these abuses are rarely held to account. 

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  • Honduras: Investigate Murder of Rights Lawyer
    Sep 24, 2012

    Authorities in Honduras should ensure a prompt, thorough, and impartial investigation into the killing of attorney Antonio Trejo Cabrera, Human Rights Watch said today. Trejo, a lawyer who advocated for peasant land rights and publicly opposed the creation of special autonomous development zones, was shot and killed on September 22, 2012, after attending a wedding south of Tegucigalpa.
     

  • Honduras: Investigate Killing of Four Civilians
    May 17, 2012
    (Washington, DC) – Honduran and US authorities should ensure a prompt, thorough, and impartial investigation of the alleged killing of four civilians and wounding of four others during a joint counternarcotics operation in the Mosquitia region of Honduras.
  • Honduras: Overhaul Prison Conditions
    Feb 15, 2012
    Honduras should urgently overhaul its prison system to end overcrowding and improve prison conditions.
  • Honduras: US Legal Case Over 2009 Coup
    Nov 3, 2011
    Honduras has failed to bring to justice those responsible for the serious human rights violations committed in the aftermath of the June 2009 coup d’etat.
  • Honduras: Investigate Killings of Peasants
    Sep 9, 2011
    Honduras should conduct a prompt, thorough, and impartial investigation into the killings of dozens of peasants in the Bajo Aguán Valley.
  • Honduras: Stop Efforts to Discredit Human Rights Prosecutors
    May 31, 2011
    The Lobo administration needs to ensure that government officials stop attacking the credibility of human rights prosecutors. President Porfirio Lobo also should direct security forces to cooperate fully with abuse investigations.
  • Honduras: Probe Charges of Police Brutality
    Mar 30, 2011
    Honduran authorities should conduct a prompt, thorough, and impartial investigation into allegations of excessive use of force by police to disperse teachers union demonstrations in Honduras and prosecute anyone found responsible.
  • Honduras: Prominent Rights Defender Threatened
    Mar 10, 2011
    Honduran authorities should conduct a prompt, thorough, and impartial investigation into the serious threats received recently by a prominent human rights defender, Leo Valladares Lanza. Valladares is Honduras’ former ombudsman and the former president of the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights.
  • Honduras: Investigate Murders of Transgender Women
    Jan 31, 2011
    The Honduran government should ensure a prompt and thorough investigation of the recent murders of transgender women and bring those responsible to justice, Human Rights Watch and Red Lésbica Cattrachas, a Honduran lesbian rights organization, said today. Six transgender women have been murdered in Honduras since November 29, 2010, with the latest killing on January 17, 2011.
  • Appeal to President Porfirio Lobo Sosa to Investigate Recent Murders of Transgender Women in Honduras
    Jan 31, 2011
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