Members of US Progressive Caucus met with President Xiomara Castro of Honduras
By Julián Arturo On March 19, 2022, Witness for Peace Solidarity Collective in collaboration with SOA Watch, CISPES, and other...
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- Jan 31, 2022
- 2 min
Trial of Guapinol Water Protectors Continues in Honduras
By John Walsh Since January 13th, the trial of 8 community activists and water protectors from Guapinol, Honduras has been under way in...
- Dec 18, 2021
- 4 min
December 2021: Evictions in the Bajo Aguan Region, Honduras
By: Matthew Bridges Context in Brief: Since May 2021, the Witness for Peace Solidarity Collective team has been accompanying agricultural...
- Feb 11, 2021
- 10 min
Jilamito River Protectors and the War for Water in Honduras
Original article published in spanish by Redacción CRITERIO.HN Please also see Part 2 and Part 3 of this Criterio series on Jilamito....
- Dec 15, 2020
- 3 min
The Hidden Pandemic: How U.S. Arms Sales Have Fueled Decades of Violence in Latin America
In 2017, following the fraudulent re-election of President Juan Orlando Hernandez, Hondurans took to the street to demand justice and the...
- Aug 13, 2020
- 3 min
The U.S. is financing illegal hydroelectric projects in Honduras with taxpayer dollars
On July 21st, the newly created U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) announced that it signed an agreement with the...
- Mar 20, 2020
- 7 min
COVID-19 Crisis in Honduras: What it Means for our WfP-SC Team and Partners on the Ground
By Corie Welch On Sunday night, I made the extremely difficult decision to leave Honduras and return to the United States to continue my...
- Jan 17, 2020
- 6 min
Unsafe Third: Failure and Hypocrisy of the Asylum Cooperation Agreement
By Corie Welch On January 7 the body of Cinthia Abigail Fernandez, a young woman from northern Honduras, was found in Huehuetenango,...
- Dec 10, 2019
- 3 min
Impunity for Intellectual Authors Means No Justice for Berta Cáceres
Still no justice for Berta as seven material authors receive sentencing for her murder
- Sep 26, 2018
- 4 min
Statement in Solidarity with MADJ in light of recent defamation campaigns/Declaración en solidaridad
(español abajo) Witness for Peace reiterates wholeheartedly our solidarity with the Broad Movement for Dignity and Justice (MADJ in...
- May 15, 2018
- 14 min
La Lucha Es Constante: Updates from Pajuiles
Members of the COBRAS, armed with riot gear and tear gas, stand guard outside the encampment at Pajuiles, May 3, 2018. The banner above...
- Apr 13, 2018
- 5 min
Jailed Before He Was Born
Albertina López Melgar, a member of the Broad Movement for Dignity and Justice (MADJ, for its initials in Spanish) has emerged in the...
- Jan 26, 2018
- 5 min
La Cara de la Impunidad
Las fuerzas de seguridad hondureña acosan y asesinan a manifestantes mientras EEUU sigue sin tomar acción. El 22 de enero, Acción...
- Jan 22, 2018
- 5 min
Statement on Honduran military and police attack on MADJ/Declaración sobre el ataque del MADJ por el
Español abajo. Witness for Peace condemns the threats and violence against Martin Fernández and the Movimiento Amplio that occurred the...
- Dec 18, 2017
- 3 min
Carta abierta al Congreso de EEUU y el Departamento de Estado de EEUU sobre las elecciones presidenc
Una carta abierta al Congreso de los EEUU y al Departamento de Estado de EEUU: Como organizaciones de derechos humanos, organizaciones de...
- Dec 18, 2017
- 3 min
Open Letter to the US Congress and State Department in the Wake of the Honduran presidential electio
Please join Grassroots International, Witness for Peace and other US-based solidarity organizations in signing this important letter...
- Jun 23, 2017
- 13 min
The Berta Cáceres Case in Context: The Campaign Against Human Rights Defenders, Journalists, Indigen
The assassination of Berta Cáceres has, for good reason, become an emblematic case in the conversation around human rights abuses in...
- Jun 7, 2017
- 2 min
Take Action to Protect Honduran Workers
In April, Delta Apparel – a US-based company – fired 40 workers with crippling musculoskeletal injuries from their factory in Honduras....
- Apr 20, 2017
- 2 min
Witness for Peace Condemns the Attack of Union Organizers in Choluteca, Honduras
Witness for Peace Condemns the Attack of Union Organizers in Choluteca On April 15th, Moisés Sánchez and his brother, Misael, were...
- Jan 2, 2017
- 2 min
Witness for Peace joins Honduran Social Movement Organizations in Condemning Raid on Cafe Paradiso
By Witness for Peace Honduras Team Photo Courtsey of MADJ Cafe Paradiso is a well-known gathering place for Honduran artists, actors,...
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