NOVEMBER 2009
ELECTIONS AHEAD AS RESISTANCE FRONT CALLS FOR BOYCOTT, BRUTAL REPRESSION
CONTINUES
Photo by NewsHour
Torture: Systematic repression after the coup d'etat (11/6/09)
Michelleti
announces new "unity government" without restoring President Zelaya to
power; Plans to go ahead with November 29th elections a "sick joke" says leading
human rights activist (11/06/09)
Report on women's rights violations shows systematic attacks on women under
Honduran coup (11/5/09)
Zelaya asks Clinton for
clarification:
Ambivalence of US position on coup and elections continues, despite role in
negotiations (11/4/09)
Honduras: Solution or
stall? (10/30/09)
Honduras in Resistance: Talk by Breny Mendoza (Honduras/US):
Reflections on the role of the ultra-right in the US and Honduras, strength of
popular resistance with massive disinformation campaign & violent repression
(10/16/09)
Women's radio
programs closed in latest assault
on civil liberties
(10/17/09)
"Censured.
We have no freedom."
Coup d'etat and Honduras to World Cup?
by Daysi Flores
Open letter to Honduran Congress condemning coup
from Democrats in US Congress
(10/02/09)
Resistance silenced in
Honduras (video by Real News Network
(10/01/09)
Two remaining resistance media outlets in Honduras closed by de facto coup
regime in crackdown on civil liberties (AP, 09/28/09)
Open letter to President Obama from Feminists in Resistance of Honduras
(09/28/09)
Clinton: Speak clearly now to avoid a massacre in Honduras (09/22/09)
Beatings & detentions following Honduras demonstrations (Amnesty International,
(09/24/09)
"GRANDMOTHER OF THE RESISTANCE"
DETAINED & HELD IN STADIUM
Dionisia Diaz, aged 75, is one of hundreds
arbitrarily detained in Chochi Susa, where
they are blasting ear-splitting noise from
loudspeakers. Photo shows Diaz before one of her
daily marches since June 28th along with
thousands of resisters to the coup
"I
came from the hospital to bring my brothers who were arrested by the
police (after the march)...One of my brothers of 21 years has a
swollen chest and lungs from the beatings and the other has two
broken hands...the military police are entering the hospital to see
who has been brought in, which should not be allowed!"
(Jessica, Feministas en
Resistencia) |
Declaration from Feminists in Resistance about Pres. Zelaya's return and
escalating violence (09/22/09)
Grassroots reports from Feminists in Resistance on the ground in Honduras
(09/21/09)
Massive peaceful
marches against the military coup take place daily
"“No
more coups (golpes), and no more
golpes
(beatings) of women!"Feminists in Resistance
Margaret Thompson
from
FIRE & Daisy Flores from
Feminists in Resistance
08/20/09
Taking women's rights seriously by Gordon Brown & Helen Sirleaf-Johnson
MOTHERS
ON HUNGER STRIKE IN
GUATEMALA DEMAND THE RETURN OF THEIR BABY DAUGHTERS
The
effects of the intersection between militarism
and sexism in Colombian society
In
Afghanistan, Storm Brewing Over Law Legalizing Rape
Call
for a common front in face of the possibilities of new US/Latin America
relations
Global
Women’s Human Rights Forum
Nobel
Women´s Initiative meets with activists and scholars: women as peace
builders, status and challenges
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Join International Solidarity with Honduras
for Global Day of Action on August 11th
FIRE will join international delegation to cover
Women's Human Rights Week in Honduras
Aug. 17-21
Breaking impunity of violations of women's human
rights
today and past is key to resolving Honduran crisis
Take Action: Urge U.S. Companies in Honduras to Speak Up for Democracy!
MILITARY
COUP IN HONDURAS: STATEMENT BY FEMINIST AND WOMEN'S
ORGANIZATIONS
Time for President Zelaya to return to Honduras,
by Medea Benjamin, August 4, 2009
Wednesday July 22, 2009, Special FIRE
coverage: Protests at US Embassies in Washington
& Mexico in solidarity with Honduran people
Women's struggles and resistance in Honduran crisis
Women's radio silenced and other violations of press freedom in
Honduras following coup
Pro-coup forces hire Washington lobbyist to convince US Congress to support coup
Pres. Zelaya Vows to Return to Honduras Despite
Threats of Arrest by Coup Leaders
(Democracy Now, 7/2/09)
STOP THE CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS
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