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On March 3rd, five years after the assassination of visionary Indigenous rights leader Berta Caceres in Honduras, Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) and 44 cosponsors reintroduced the Berta Caceres Human Rights in Honduras Act (H.R.1574). The Read More …
Members of both the Senate and the House of Representatives have introduced bills in the 2021 Congress which would suspend U.S. military and security aid to Honduras until human rights violations cease and those responsible Read More …
(Español aquí) On February 23rd, Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon introduced the Honduras Human Rights and Anti-Corruption Act in the U.S. Senate. The bill would: Suspend U.S. assistance to the Honduran military and police, including U.S. military/police Read More …
Today, January 18th, marks 6 months since the forced disappearance of Albert Sneider Centeno Thomas, Milton Joel Martínez Ávila, Suami Mejía Garcia, and Gerardo Misael Trochez Cálix from the Garifuna community of Triunfo de la Cruz on Honduras’ Read More …
As the attention of the country focuses on the white supremacist violence that terrorized the U.S. Capitol, we must acknowledge that white supremacy and U.S. policy inflict terror on communities across the globe every single Read More …
On December 10, 2020, the U.S. Treasury sanctioned two former Haitian government officials for their roles in planning a brutal massacre while they were high-ranking government officials in a government receiving significant U.S. aid and support. One of Read More …
Speak out to demand an end to U.S. support for the Jovenel Moïse regime in Haiti and an end to U.S. financing of police repression in Haiti! During SOAW’s Virtual Vigil in November, we heard Read More …
Within the next week, the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives are expected to vote on amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act, which would cut the Pentagon budget by 10%. Representatives Barbara Lee and Mark Pocan Read More …
The Berta Caceres Human Rights in Honduras Act, HR 1945, would suspend US security aid to Honduras. Already 61 Representatives have sponsored the bill! Take action today: Step 1: Find your Representative here. Step 2: Read More …
Today marks the 9th anniversary of the June 28, 2009 US-backed and SOA graduate-led coup in Honduras. We continue to stand in outrage and solidarity with everyone that has suffered, has been tortured, murdered, and incarcerated Read More …