Human rights defenders in Honduras, including Indigenous leaders in the Moskitia, are vulnerable to assassination, assault, and other abuses, according to an editorial in the Miami Herald. Some 40 social movement leaders have been killed since President Porfirio Lobo took power following the coup that ousted the elected president, Manuel Zelaya. Mr. Zelaya’s return to Honduras last week raises hopes for an end to the violence and repression, but the Miami Herald says we’ll believe it when we see it. See our Action Alert on Honduras here, released last month.
