Call the State Dept. about Honduras

[roody]

The political assassinations in Honduras have not ended. In the four weeks since
Porfirio Lobo took office, three members of the resistance movement have been
killed, and the staff of Honduran human right's organizations are receiving death
threats.

Yet, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced Friday that she is restoring the
U.S. aid to Honduras that had been frozen since the June 2009 coup removed the
democratically-elected president from power. We cannot let this happen.

Please call the State Department today and ask them to immediately cancel all U.S.
aid to Honduras. Tell the Obama administration we cannot support the silencing of
peaceful voices in Central America. Go to www.witnessforpeace.org/HondurasAid for a
sample script to make your call.

Hundreds of brave community leaders are standing up for their rights in Honduras,
despite a systematic campaign of intimidation, arrests, and murders. It is clear
that the U.S.-promoted elections and attempts to whitewash the coup have not ended
the violence against them.

People of Honduras are calling on the international community to stand in solidarity
with them against the grave abuses that continue despite Pepe Lobo's election.
Honduran exile César Silva told us, "Do not believe that is now over.
Do not believe that now that there is a new government, our problems have ended.
No."

Please let Hondurans know we hear their calls, and contact the State Department now.

In Peace,

Sharon Hostetler

P.S. Make sure the Obama administration knows we have not forgotten Honduras. Please
take two minutes to call the State Department today at
www.witnessforpeace.org/HondurasAid.

[EFerrari]

1. Too late to rec but will do.

Honduras is going right under the radar. :(