[HNA] Fwd: FW: [Presente-Honduras] Fw: Fwd: [TF on Americas] Life threats to LEO VALLADARES - Honduras- URGENT

Wed Mar 9 08:25:54 PST 2011

   *To:* Presente Honduras
*Subject:* [Presente-Honduras] Fw: Fwd: [TF on Americas] Life threats to LEO
VALLADARES - Honduras- URGENT

A friend forwarded this announcement from the National Lawyers Guild on the
threats against Leo Valladares.

Vicki Cervantes

Note: Forwarded message is attached.

  In a message dated 3/8/2011 8:54:03 P.M. Central Standard Time,
emyozell at gmail.com writes:

 *PLEASE DISTRIBUTE WIDELY - THANK YOU!*

Dear Colleagues,

I'm sure those of you who participated in the NLG/AAJ/IADL delegation during
August 2009 will recall our meeting with Dr. Valladares... COFADEH has put
out this call for solidarity and Honduras Resists is also circulating it.

Dr. Valladares is a very respected Constitutional law professor who is
founder of CIPRODH one of the principal HR ngo's in Honduras; he was the HR
Commissioner post military rule, as well as president of the Iberamerican
Federation of HR Ombudsmen- he has been very active defending participation
of civil society and constitutional reform.

URGENT ACTION*: Leo Valladares Lanza*
Human Rights Defender in Danger

With great concern, the Committee of Relatives of the Detained and
Disappeared of Honduras (COFADEH) informs the national and international
community of acts of harassment, persecution, and psychological aggression
against Mr. Leo Valladares Lanza, the former Human Rights Commissioner of
Honduras and the current director of the Association for Participatory
Citizenship (ACI Participa).

The 21 of February, 2011 at 3:15pm, a taxi arrived at a private meeting Mr.
Leo Valladares Lanza had with the Special Prosecutor for Children Nora
Urbina. This same taxi had for some time been parking outside of Mr.
Valladares' home, and followed him to the café where he was meeting with the
Special Prosecutor and parked outside, where the driver made several calls
on his cellphone. The situation was so alarming that neighbours informed the
Valladares family of what was happening, and the Special Prosecutor
requested an escort for him to return home.

On March 1st, the same taxi parked outside of the Valladares home, but this
time was accompanied by another vehicle. The family called the police, who
arrived and summoned the drivers of the vehicles in question. Following
their inquiries, the police recommended to the family that they leave for a
time and take additional security precautions.

Since the second week of February, unknown individuals have called the
Valladares residence numerous times asking for “Rodrigo,” referringg to José
Rodrigo Valladares Pineda, Mr. Valladares' young son who was murdered
January 25, 2009 and who's death remains in impunity. After asking for him,
the caller laughed menacingly. There has also been an unknown motorcycle
making rounds near the residence and accelerating its motor in front of the
house to such an extent that it activates the house alarm.

The above mentioned events occurred after Mr. Valladares participated as a
speaker during a television program regarding the repositioning of the Armed
Forces, the resurgence of militarism in post coup d'état Honduras, and the
incorporation of the military in the structures of the Executive
Background:In his role as national Human Rights Commissioner, during his
first year in office Mr. Leo Valladares Lanza presented a preliminary report
on Disappeared Detainees. During the second year of his term, he presented a
report on arbitrary and summary executions and another regarding the state
of freedom of expression in Honduras. During his final term in office,
unknown assailants violently entered his homee, beat his son Rodrigo and his
wife Daysi Pineda, and apparently stole a vehicle which was abandoned two
blocks from the house.

We request that the national and international community urge the Honduran
State to:
• initiate an independent, impartial, and exhaustive investigation into the
threats against Mr. Leo Valladares, that they make public the results of the
investigation, and that the responsible parties appear in court;
• take immediate measures to provide effective and appropriate protection to
Mr. Leo Valladares according to his wishes;
• carry out its responsibility to guarantee human rights defenders their
right to carry out their work without unjust restriction and without fear of
reprisal, as is established in the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders
as well as the resolutions of the OAS.

LE*TTERS AND CALLS TO:*

Jorge Alberto Rivera Avilés
Presidente de la Corte Suprema de Justicia (President of the Supreme Court)
Tel (504) 269-3000 269-3069
Mail: *cedij at poderjudicial.gob.hn* <cedij at poderjudicial.gob.hn>

Luis Alberto Rubí
Fiscal General de la República (Attorney General of the Republic of
Honduras)
Fax (504) 221-5667
Tel (504) 221-5670 221-3099
Mail: *lrubi at mp.hn* <lrubi at mp.hn>
*suazog at mp.hn* <suazog at mp.hn>

*With copies to:*
Comité de Familiares de Detenidos Desaparecidos en Honduras (COFADEH)
Barrio La Plazuela, Avenida Cervantes, Casa No. 1301
Apartado Postal 1243
Tegucigalpa, HONDURAS
Fax:+504 220 5280 (ask for "tono de fax, por favor")
Mail: *berthacofadeh at yahoo.com* <berthacofadeh at yahoo.com>

*Ambassador Hugo Llorens*

*Deputy Chief of Mission Simon Henshaw: **"Henshaw, Simon" <
HenshawS at state.gov>*

Nathan L. Macklin, Human Rights Officer : *"Macklin, Nathan L" <
MacklinNL at state.gov>***

*U.S. Embassy in Tegucigalpa***

Telephone Numbers: (504) 2236-9320, (504)2238-5114
Fax Number: (504) 2236-9037

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