Loading Map....
Address
27 Pearse Street
Dublin 2
Ireland
Address
27 Pearse Street
Dublin 2
Ireland
Almost 8 months have passed since the post-election protests and violent state repression began in Honduras. Over 40 people were killed and more than 20 were held as political prisoners. Since then there have been no prosecutions of state officials while protesters have faced an on going campaign of harassment, intimidation and violence. Five political prisoners continue to be held in deplorable conditions, without access to family or proper legal representation.
Honduras post-election killings: families wait in vain for justice
theguardian.com
UN confirms at least 16 people were killed by security forces, but six months on not a single indictment has been filedLatin America is the most unequal region in the world. The roots if this inequality lie in the distribution of land.
"In many countries in Latin America and the Caribbean there is a pattern of persecuting those who defend the human rights of anyone challenging the unfair concentration of land ownership," says Marianne Bertrand, Latin America coordinator for Amnesty International's program defending human rights activists.
To Understand Latin America's Inequality, Look at its Land
usnews.com
Property ownership shapes the course of politics across the region, despite U.N. calls for reform.Short video filmed last week by Action for Argentina - AfA UK during the demonstrations in Argentina ahead of a Senate vote on the issue of legalizing abortion.[Argentina’s Senate rejected a bill on Thursday 9 August that sought to legalise abortion and threw out an initiative already approved by the deputies, amid ...
