The Azacualpa Six: Criminalization as Institutional Failure
This article argues that the prosecution of the Indigenous Maya Chortí defenders – Javier López Miranda, Antonio Hernández Pesquera, Higinio Caballero, Gerardo García Peréz, Efrain Pesquera Vásquez and Javier Madrid Rodríguez – is a gross misuse of the Honduran criminal justice system and an outgrowth of severe institutional failure.
International Solidarity in Action: Traveling to Honduras to Stand with the Garífuna People
From August 10 to 16, the Calan Institute will join an international delegation made up of social movements and human rights defenders from Latin America, the Caribbean, and Europe will visit Honduras to accompany OFRANEH.
One Month Elapses Since Max Castillo’s Disappearance
One month has elapsed since Max Castillo’s disappearance and his whereabouts are still unknown.
UN Grants Protective Measures in Favor of Communities Impacted by Aura Minerals
On July 22, 2024, the Bufete Estudios para la Dignidad (BED), Movimiento Amplio por la Dignidad y la Justicia (MADJ), FUNDAMBIENTE, and Lawyers Without Borders Canada presented a petition to the UN Committee on Social, Cultural, and Economic Rights (CESCR) on behalf of the Maya Chortí community impacted by Aura Mineral’s operations in Honduras.
“We Don’t Even Know Where the Remains of our Loved Ones Are”
Despite community efforts, a transnational mining company has desecrated a 200-year old cemetery in Honduras.