Report Details How US-Backed Coup Unleashed Wave of Abuses in Honduras | Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community

8.6.16

Report Details How US-Backed Coup Unleashed Wave of Abuses in Honduras | Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community: Such were the findings of a new report, prepared by a coalition of 54 Honduran social movements and rights organizations and presented as an alternative to the official government report submitted to the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, which began its 58th session in Geneva on Monday.

"The coup d'etat in 2009 meant an imminent reversal of human rights and a serious blow to the country's institutions," states the report (pdf), which is available in Spanish.

While the study does not single out international governments that supported the ouster of the country's democratically elected President Manuel Zelaya, it comes as former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton prepares to assume the role of Democratic nominee for president. Clinton's role in the coup has come under increased scrutiny since the assassination of C�ceres, a Honduran Indigenous rights and environmental activist, in March.