1. Media Reports on “Charter Cities” Ignore the Larger Context
(Matching tags: amnesty international, Honduras, charter cities)

On Friday, February 22, Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC) Radio’s The Current aired a nearly half-hour story about the Honduras government’s plans to create private, so-called “charter cities.” The show’s ...

2. Killings Continue in Bajo Aguán as New Report Documents Abuses by U.S.-Trained Honduran Special Forces Unit
(Matching tags: amnesty international, military, Honduras, Facusse)

... near the town of Tocoa. Trejo was the brother of Antonio Trejo Cabrera, a lawyer who had defended small farmers’ land claims who himself was shot to death last September as he was leaving a wedding. Amnesty ...

3. Duvalier Hearing this Week Could be Historic, Despite U.S. Obstruction
(Matching tags: human rights, amnesty international, justice system, ijdh, duvalier)

... standing corruption charges against him. Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have both announced that they will monitor the proceedings tomorrow. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ...

4. Public Support Grows for Threatened Human Rights Attorney Mario Joseph
(Matching tags: human rights, amnesty international, justice system, ijdh, duvalier)

Haiti’s leading human rights attorney Mario Joseph has been the subject of death threats and police surveillance and harassment in the past several months, along with other lawyers. As the Institute for ...

5. OCHA White Washes Forced Evictions as New Threats Loom
(Matching tags: ocha, iom, amnesty international, evictions, idps)

As previously mentioned, a release from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) this week makes an important call for renewed efforts to combat cholera as infections rise with ...

6. As Relocation of Champ de Mars Begins, Criticism Over Lack of Adequate Housing Plan Mounts
(Matching tags: iom, ngos, amnesty international, aid coordination, care, camps, camp conditions, idps, housing)

An important article this week from William Booth of the Washington Post took an in-depth look at the government and international community’s efforts to clear some of most high profile of the remaining ...

7. Former Dictator Lives the Good Life, as Haitian Government has “Deliberately Stalled” Investigation
(Matching tags: bill clinton, human rights, amnesty international, justice system, duvalier)

... Martelly has consistently voiced his support for amnesty for the former dictator, telling Booth “It is part of the past. We need to learn our lessons and move forward.” Additionally, as Booth points out, ...

8. Amnesty: "The Daily Struggle in Haiti’s Camps"
(Matching tags: aid distribution, shelter, amnesty international)

On March 15, Amnesty International described the "daily struggle in Haiti's camps": Two months after the earthquake, thousands in Port-au-Prince and elsewhere still await a first glimpse of humanitarian ...