SOA Watch
Over 12,000 people have been arrested in El Salvador since the Bukele administration declared a State of Exception on March 27th. In the name of cracking down on gangs following a wave of deadly violence, Read More …
You can call the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121 and ask for your Representative’s office. If you don’t know who your Representative is, click here to find out. Here’s a sample script: Hi, my name is______, Read More …
As Honduras prepares for presidential elections this November, those arrested and jailed for protesting widespread fraud following the 2017 elections still face the threat of lengthy prison terms for defending a basic principal of democracy: Read More …
This week, SOA Watch, the Witness for Peace Solidarity Collective, the Broad Movement for Dignity and Justice in Honduras (MADJ) and 60 other U.S. and Honduran organizations are sending a letter to U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Read More …
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 …