November-December 2013
Mercy justice highlights published every other month
JUSTICE HIGHLIGHT
Mercy Steps Up Honduras Advocacy
Institute Justice Team Director Jean Stokan, at far right, joins human rights defenders from Honduras at a
meeting with U.S. State...
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November-December 2013
Mercy justice highlights published every other month
JUSTICE HIGHLIGHT
Mercy Steps Up Honduras Advocacy
Institute Justice Team Director Jean Stokan, at far right, joins human rights defenders from Honduras at a
meeting with U.S. State Department officials as part of Mercy’s continued monitoring of and advocacy on the
human rights situation in that country. Mercy particularly is focused on the violence directed against rural
communities exercising their right to peacefully oppose mining and against human rights defenders and
international accompaniers who have been documenting the violations.
This effort comes in the larger context of the military takeover of police functions, initially with 1,000 on the
streets in early October and up to 5,000 prior to the country’s elections on November 24. Responding to the
call for election monitors, Mercy Sister Kathleen Erickson, a West-Midwest justice coordinator, will be joining a
delegation of volunteers organized by SHAR
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