A number of international journalists have been detained by security services including Jihan Hafiz who said she was being deported along with fellow reporters Ed Augustin and Reed Lindsay. On Monday the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights reported that they had received preliminary information on the deaths of 11 Hondurans during the protests that have gripped the streets since the election crisis began. Honduras troops shoot dead teenage girl amid election crisis protests Read more“We condemn all forms of repression [and] regret all the deaths. On Monday, Reuters reported that the US state department had certified that Honduras had been supporting human rights and fighting corruption. In 2017 the US provided $17.3m in security assistance to Honduras.

Source: The Guardian December 04, 2017 23:01 UTC