Overcoming the obstacles: Human rights activists in Guatemala and Honduras (Web Action)

Index Number: AMR 02/003/2007
Date Published: 8 August 2007
Categories: Americas

Reports of killings, death threats, harassment and intimidation of human rights activists continue to be commonplace in Honduras and Guatemala. Despite suffering intimidation and impingements on their liberty, however, these activists often feel privileged to be in the position to make positive changes, and brave dangerous situations in the name of human rights.