Urge the U.S. to Stop Funding Honduran Police and Military!

Write to your representatives in Congress today and ask that they support cutting U.S. funding to Honduran police and military.

It has been three years since the June 28, 2009 coup d’etat in Honduras, which sparked a national uprising against the coup and widespread repression by the coup regime that took power. Today, Honduras has the highest murder rate in the world and is one of the most dangerous countries to work as a journalist. Impunity for assassinations, kidnappings, torture and police misconduct is the norm. The Honduran military and police have engaged in systematic threats and violence against a number of groups and professions, including organized farmers, journalists, lawyers, members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community, members of the political opposition, and human rights activists.  The United States continues to fund the Honduran police and military despite this atrocious human rights record and despite numerous calls from members of Congress to cut the funding. Contact your representative today and urge that the U.S. cut all funding to the Honduran police and military.