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May I Speak Freely Media Launches Honduras News in Review New Online...

May I Speak Freely Media, a nonprofit organization reporting on human rights and social justice issues, today announced the launch of its Honduras News in Review.



Published bimonthly on the MISF Web site (www.mayispeakfreely.org), the Review focuses on news and events--most reported only in Spanish-language media--that typically pass under the radar of the mainstream international press.



The Review provides capsule news summaries with links to the original sources. Recent issues have featured news on efforts to prosecute former Honduran military officers accused of torture, paramilitary attacks against human-rights activists, indigenous and women's rights struggles, and economic and fair-trade issues.



The Honduras News in Review is part of a larger effort to examine current and historical events in Honduras related to human rights. The MISF Honduras project takes a hard look at the impact of U.S. involvement in Honduras in the 1980s, when the country served as the staging ground for the U.S.-led war against communism and hundreds of civilians were tortured or murdered.



The Honduras project reports on how this history is still relevant today, from the return of Reagan's cold warriors in the current Bush administration, to similar human rights abuses revealed in Iraq. When John Negroponte, the U.S. ambassador to Honduras in the 1980s, was nominated as the nation's first director of national intelligence this year, journalists and educators turned to MISF for vital resources and information.



The Honduras project offers news review and reporting, historical records and other educational material on the MISF Web site. A documentary film, "Lost Decade: The Legacy of U.S. Involvement in Honduras," is in production.



The Honduras News in Review is available at www.mayispeakfreely.org and via e-mail update; readers can go to www.mayispeakfreely.org/index.phpgSec=hsub to subscribe.



About May I Speak Freely Media



May I Speak Freely Media (MISF) is a nonprofit education organization that produces and distributes media on human rights issues. It works closely with activists, international NGOs and grassroots organizations to research and document threats to human and civil rights, educate the public about global issues, and build awareness about how historical events are relevant to contemporary political issues.



Contact:

Roz Dzelzitis, Executive Director

May I Speak Freely Media

20 Greenleaf Avenue

Medford, MA 02155

(781) 393-0906

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