FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 21, 2009
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Adrienne Pine, 202-652-5601
Over 90 Scholars and Latin America Experts Call on Human Rights Watch to Speak Out on
The signers write, "…the coup could easily be overturned, if the Obama administration sought to do so, by taking more decisive measures, such as canceling all U.S. visas and freezing U.S. bank accounts of leaders of the coup regime."
The letter comes just a day after Amnesty International issued a uusi raportti on the coup regime’s violations of human rights in cracking down on protests, and as the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (part of the Organization of American States) wraps up a fact-finding delegation to
that the report was released to call on the international community to take action to "prevent a human rights crisis occurring in
Kirjeen koko teksti on seuraava:
Elokuu 21, 2009
Kenneth Roth
Pääjohtaja
Human Rights Watch
Dear Mr. Roth,
We are deeply concerned by the absence of statements and reports from your organization over the serious and systematic human rights abuses that have been committed under the Honduran coup regime over the past six weeks. It is disappointing to see that in the weeks since July 8, when Human Rights Watch issued its most recent press release on Honduras [1], that it has not raised the alarm over the extra-judicial killings, arbitrary detentions, physical assaults, and attacks on the press – many of which have been thoroughly documented – that have occurred in Honduras, in most cases by the coup regime against the supporters of the democratic and constitutional government of Manuel Zelaya. We call on your organization to fulfill your important role as a guardian of universal human rights and condemn, strongly and forcefully, the ongoing abuses being committed by the illegal regime in
While Human Rights Watch [2] was quick to condemn the illegal coup d’etat of June 28 and the human rights violations that occurred over the following week, which helped shine the spotlight of international media on these abuses, the absence of statements from your organization since the week following the coup has contributed to the failure of international media to report on subsequent abuses.
The coup regime’s violent repression in
This situation is all the more tragic in that the coup could easily be overturned, if the Obama administration sought to do so, by taking more decisive measures, such as canceling all U.S. visas and freezing U.S. bank accounts of leaders of the coup regime. Yet not only does the administration continue to prop up the regime with aid money through the Millennium Challenge Account and other sources, but the U.S. continues to train Honduran military students at the Western Hemispheric Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC) – the notorious institution formerly known as the School of the Americas. If the coup were overturned, and the democratically elected government restored, it is clear that the many rampant human rights abuses would immediately cease. If Human Rights Watch would raise its voice, it would be much more difficult for the Obama administration to ignore
We know that there are, sadly, innumerable urgent human rights crises around the world, all of which require your attention. Addressing the deteriorating situation in
Ystävällisin terveisin,
Leisy Abrego
University of California President’s Postdoctoral Fellow
UC Irvine
Paul Almeida
Apulaisprofessori, sosiologian laitos
Texas A&M -yliopisto
Alejandro Alvarez Béjar
Professor, Economic Faculty
UNAM-Mexico
Tim Anderson
Senior Lecturer in Political Economy
Sydneyn yliopisto
Australia
Anthony Arnove
Kirjoittaja ja toimittaja
Brooklyn, NY
Marc Becker
Trumanin osavaltion yliopisto
Kirksville, MO
Marjorie Becker
Associate professor, Department of History
University of Southern California
John Beverley
Professor of Spanish and Latin American Literature and Cultural Studies
University of Pittsburgh
Larry Birns
Director, Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Washington, DC
Jefferson Boyer
Professor of Anthropology (ethnography of Honduras)
Appalachian State University
Jules Boykoff
Associate Professor of Political Science
Tyynenmeren yliopisto
Edward T. Brett
Historian professori
La Roche College, Pittsburgh, PA
Renate Bridenthal
Professor of History, Emerita
Brooklyn College, CUNY
Bob Buzzanco
Historian professori
University of Houston
Aviva Chomsky
Historian professori ja koordinaattori, Latinalaisen Amerikan tutkimus
Salem State College
Noam Chomsky
Kielitieteen professori
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
James D. Cockcroft
SUNY
Honorary Editor, Latin American Perspectives
Daniel Aldana Cohen
Jatko-opiskelija
New York University
Mike Davis
Distinguished Professor of Creative Writing
Kalifornian yliopisto-Riverside
Pablo Delano
Professor of Fine Arts
Trinity College , Hartford CT
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Professori Emeritus
Kalifornian osavaltion yliopisto
Luis Duno-Gottberg
Rice University
Les W. Field
Antropologian professori
New Mexico -yliopisto
Dana Frank
Historian professori
Kalifornian yliopisto, Santa Cruz
Todd Gordon
Valtiotieteiden laitos
Yorkin yliopisto, Toronto
Manu Goswami
Historia
New York University
Jeff Gould
Rudy Professor of History
Indiana University
Greg Grandin
Historia
New York University
Richard Grossman
Historia
Koillis-Illinoisin yliopisto
Peter Hallward
Professor of Modern European Philosophy
Middlesex University, UK.
Nora Hamilton
valtiotieteen professori
University of Southern California
Jim Handy
Historian professori
Saskatchewanin yliopisto
Tom Hayden
Kirjailija
Doug Henwood
Toimittaja ja kustantaja
Vasen liike-elämän tarkkailija
Eric Hershberg
Simon Fraserin yliopisto
Vancouver, Kanada
Kathryn Hicks
Antropologian apulaisprofessori
Memphisin yliopisto
Irene B. Hodgson
Professor of Spanish, Director of the Latin American Studies Minor
Interim Director of the Academic Service Learning Semesters
Xavier-yliopisto
Forrest Hylton
Valtiotieteen apulaisprofessori/kv. Suhteet
Andien yliopisto (Kolumbia)
Susanne Jonas
Latin America and Latino Studies
Kalifornian yliopisto, Santa Cruz
Rosemary A. Joyce
Richard and Rhoda Goldman Distinguished Professor of Social Sciences, Professor and Chair of Anthropology
University of California , Berkeley
Karen Kampwirth
Knox College
Naomi Klein
Journalist, syndicated columnist and author
Andrew H. Lee
Librarian for History, European Studies, Iberian Studies, & Politics
Bobstin kirjasto
New York University
Catherine LeGrand
Dosentti
Dept. of History, McGill University.
Deborah Levenson
Historian dosentti
Boston College
Frederick B. Mills
Filosofian professori
Bowien osavaltion yliopisto
Cynthia E. Milton
Chaire de recherche du Canada en histoire de l’Amérique latine
Canada Research Chair in Latin American History, Professeure agregée/Associate Professor, Département d’histoire
University of Montreal
Lena Mortensen
Apulaisprofessori, antropologia
Toronton yliopisto, Scarborough
Carole Nagengast
Opettaja
Antropologian laitos
University of New Mexico
Robert Naiman
politiikan johtaja
Vain ulkopolitiikka
Marysa Navarro
Charles Collis Professor of History
Dartmouth College
Sharon Erickson Nepstad
Sosiologian professori
University of New Mexico
Mary Nolan
Professor, Department of History
New York University
Elizabeth Oglesby
Apulaisprofessori
School of Geography and Development
Latinalaisen Amerikan tutkimuskeskus
University of Arizona
Jocelyn Olcott
Historia
Duke University
Christian Parenti
Contributing Editor, The Nation
Vieraileva tutkija
CUNY-tutkijakeskus
Ivette Perfecto
Opettaja
University of Michigan
Héctor Perla Jr.
Apulaisprofessori
Latin American and Latino Studies
Kalifornian yliopisto, Santa Cruz
John Pilger
Journalist and documentary filmmaker
Adrienne Pine
Antropologian apulaisprofessori
American University
Deborah Poole
Professori, antropologia
Johns Hopkins University
Suyapa Portillo
Pomona College
History Dept.
Vijay Prashad
George and Martha Kellner Chair in South Asian History and Professor of International Studies
Trinity College
Margaret Randall
Feminist poet, writer, photographer and social activist
Marcus Rediker
Professor and Chair in the Department of History
University of Pittsburgh
Gerardo Renique
Apulaisprofessori, historian laitos
City College of the City University of New York
Ken Roberts
Professor, Department of Government
Cornell University
Nancy Romer
Psykologian professori
Brooklyn-yliopisto
City University of New York
Seth Sandronsky
Yhdysvaltain toimittaja
aaron schneider
Apulaisprofessori
Valtiotiede
Tulanen yliopiston
Rebecca Schreiber
Associate Professor, American Studies Department
University of New Mexico
Ernesto Seman
Toimittaja
Richard Stahler-Sholk
Professor, Department of Political Science
Itä-Michiganin yliopisto
Julie Stewart
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology
Assistant Investigator, Institute of Public and International Affairs
Utahin yliopistossa
Sylvia N. Tesh
Lecturer, Latin American Studies
Arizonan yliopisto.
Miguel Tinker Salas
Historian professori
Pomona College
Mayo C. Toruño
Taloustieteen professori
Kalifornian osavaltion yliopisto, San Bernardino
Sheila R. Tully
San Francisco State University
John Vandermeer
Asa Gray Distinguished University Professor
Ekologian ja evoluutiobiologian laitos
University of Michigan
Jocelyn S. Viterna
Apulaisprofessori
Departments of Sociology and Social Studies Harvard University
Steven S. Volk
Professor, Department of History
Director, Center for Teaching Innovation and Excellence (CTIE)
Oberlin College
Maurice L. Wade
Professor of Philosophy, International Studies, and Graduate Public Policy Studies
Trinity College
Shannon Drysdale Walsh
Fulbright-Hays Fellow
Doctoral Candidate
Valtiotieteiden laitos
Notre Damen yliopisto
Jeffery R. Webber
Apulaisprofessori, valtiotiede
University of Regina, Canada
Barbara Weinstein
Professor, Department of History
New York University
Mark Weisbrot
Co-johtaja
Taloudellisen ja poliittisen tutkimuksen keskus
Gregory Wilpert
Adjunct Professor of Political Science
Brooklyn-yliopisto
Sonja Wolf
Sosiaalitutkimuksen instituutti
Meksikon kansallinen autonominen yliopisto
John Womack, Jr.
Historian professori, emeritus
Harvardin yliopisto
Elisabeth Wood
Valtiotieteen professori
Yale University
Richard L. Wood
Dosentti
Sosiologian laitos
University of New Mexico
Marilyn B. Young
Historian professori
New York University
Marc Zimmerman
Modern and Classical Languages
University of Houston
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