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Oct 3, 2003
Followup Action
Please send a message today to the president of Honduras, demanding
protection for Bertha Oliva and her family.
Bertha Oliva is the General Coordinator of the Committee of Families of
the Detained and Disappeared in Honduras (COFADEH), one of the main
human rights organizations in Honduras. COFADEH actively promoted the
June “March for Life” in the Olancho region and demanded protection for
leaders of that march who received death threats. At the request of
Bertha Oliva, Global Response issued emergency action alerts, calling on
Honduran authorities to guarantee the safety of environmental activists
in Olancho. Tragically, a 23-year old leader of the “March for Life”
was murdered on July 18. Global Response then mounted a major campaign,
calling for human rights protections and supporting the “March for Life”
demands to halt all logging in Olancho and stop construction of the
Babilonia dam in Sierra de Agalta National Park. Please see
gra.php?i=5/03 for the Global
Response action alert.
During the last week, Bertha received a series of threatening phone
calls, including threats against the life of her young daughter.
Please send a fax or letter to Honduran officials listed below.
Remind them that the Organization of American States (OAS) resolution
of June 7, 1999, article 3, directs states to guarantee the life,
liberty and safety of human rights defenders. Urge them to take all necessary steps to guarantee the safety of
Bertha Oliva and her family, especially her children. Demand an exhaustive investigation into the origin of the threatening
phone calls.
Thank you for continuing to support the Honduran activists who are so
courageously determined to protect their forests and national parks.
ADDRESSES:
Licenciado Ricardo Maduro
Presidente de la República de Honduras
Casa Presidencial
Boulevard Juan Pablo Segundo
Palacio José Cecilio del Valle
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Telegramas: Presidente de Honduras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Fax: +504 2214552
Tratamiento: Sr. Presidente
Licenciado Oscar Álvarez, Ministro de Seguridad Pública
Ministerio de Seguridad Pública
Barrio Casamata
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Telegramas: Ministro de Seguridad, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Fax: + 504 220 4352
Tratamiento: Señor Ministro
Abogada
VILMA CECILIA MORALES
Presidenta
Corte Suprema de Justicia
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Telefono: (504) 234-23-67
Fax: (503) 233-80-89
Tratamiento: Licenciado
PORFIRIO LOBO SOSA
Presidente
Congreso Nacional de la República
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Teléfono: (504) 232-80-97
Fax: (504) 238-60-48
Tratamiento: Doctor
Roy Edmundo Medina, Fiscal General de la República
Fiscalía General de la República
Colonia Loma del Guijaro
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Telegramas: Fiscal General de la República, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Fax: + 504 221 5666
Tratamiento: Señor Fiscal General
COPIA A:
Doctor RAMON CUSTODIO LOPEZ
Comisionado Nacional de Protección de los Derechos Humanos
Ramón Custodio López
Boulevard Suyapa, antiguo Edificio de Cannon
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Fax: + 504 231-02-04/ 235-76-97
Comité de Familiares de Detenidos-Desaparecidos en Honduras (COFADEH)
Apartado Postal 1243
Barrio La Plazuela
Ave. Cervantes, Casa 1301, a la par de JM Stereo
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Fax: + 504 220 5280 (si responde una voz, digan: «me da tono de fax, por
favor»)
y a los representantes diplomáticos de Honduras acreditados en su
paises.
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Paula Palmer, Program Director
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