UK-based groups mobilise on Honduras coup

Since the Honduran president was forced from office, UK-based solidarity organisations and trade unions have grouped together to lobby for the return of democracy in the Central American country.

The Emergency Committee Against the Coup in Honduras has a blog with regular posts in English on the latest events. There is also video - for example, showing violence unleashed against crowds who had gathered at the Brazilian embassy to support President Zelaya who's sheltering there after his surprise return to the Honduran capital: http://committeeagainsthondurascoup.blogspot.com/

The committee includes the Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign Action Group, Venezuela Solidarity Campaign, Cuba Solidarity Campaign, Labour Friends of Venezuela, UNITE the Union, South East Region TUC, and other bodies of the British Labour movement and Latin American communities. For more info or to submit articles email: notohondurascoup@googlemail.com  

The website of the Central America Women's Network - http://www.cawn.org/html/Honduras.html - has information about how the coup is impacting on women, and the response of women's organisations. CAWN says it's concerned about the safety of women’s rights activists and its partner groups, as well as the continued violation of human rights, the rule of law and democracy.