OFRANEH

Since 1998, Rights Action has supported OFRANEH (Fraternal organization of Black peoples of Honduras) is - along with COPINH - a leading community defense organization struggling in defense of land, the environment, indigenous rights and a fair and just “development” model. Like COPINH, OFRANEH is leading the struggle against the military-backed, ‘open-for-global-business’, undemocratic and corrupt Honduran regime.

1993 October 11 - “The King of Porn”, Maclean’s Article by D. Jenish

2005 April 10 - Persecution of Garifunas

2005 May 29 - “Mega-Development Projects and the Future of the Garifuna People”, by G. Flores of OFRANEH

2005 June 03 - URGENT ACTION: (More) Repression Against Social Movement Leaders

2005 June 11 - “Mass Tourism, Latest Menace for Honduran Garifuna”, Reuters Article by C. Bremer

2005 August 24 - Tourist ‘Development’, Repression, and Garifuna Resistance

2005 November 11 - Systematic Repression Against Garifuna Leaders Continues: San Juan Community Leader Wilfredo Guerrero’s House and Archives Destroyed

2005 November 29 - Mudslides & Floods Killing Dozens and Displacing Thousands

2006 January 25 - “OFRANEH Denounces Tela Bay Tourist Mega-Project and Ongoing Repression Against Garifuna Community Leaders”, by S. Cuffe

2006 April 23 - “Visiting Garifuna Country”, by T. Russell

2006 June 29 - “Un-Natural Disasters, Environmental Risk Management and Community Participation”, by M. Miranda of OFRANEH

2006 August 14 - Another Murder of Another Garifuna Youth Fron San Juan Tela

2006 September 04 - URGENT ACTION: OAS & WB Failing Garifuna People, as Repression and Land Invasions Continue

2006 October 02 - Honduran Government Representative Threatens San Juan Community President

2007 January 19 - “The Development of Insecurity and Violence”, Commentary by S. Cuffe & Related Articles

2007 April 29 - OFRANEH Reports: Ambush of Garifuna Youth from Community of San Juan Tela

2007 June 15 - Felix Ordoez Suazo, Garifuna Community Leader, Assassinated, June 11, 2007

2007 October 02 - Laguna de Micos & Beach Resort, OFRANEH Publication

2008 March 28 - “The Last Rebels of the Caribbean: Garifuna Fighting for their Lives in Honduras”, Article by R. Ryan

2008 July 24 - Honduras: Fear for Safety/Death Threats

2008 July 30 - The IDB (Inter-American Development Bank) Is Funding a Mega-Tourism Project Resulting in the Wholesale Violation of Garifuna Indigenous Rights in Honduras

2008 September 29 - “Why Some People Choose & Struggle Not to Be “Developed”, Article by W. Sherwood

2008 October 02 - “OFRANEH writes: Another Murder in the Name of “Protecting” the Wildlife Refuge”, Article by R. Gill

2008 October 16 - “Your Land is Our Land: The Garifuna of Honduras and the Untold Cost of Tourism Development”, Article by D. Frolick

2010 January 20 - Re-Building the Garifuna People’s Radio Station

2010 November 05 - “Snowbirds Gone Wild! Canadian Retirees and Locals Clash in Honduras”, Article by D. Paley

2011 February 15 - “Canadian Porn King’s, Tourism “Development” Project, Repression & the Violation of Indigenous-Garifuna Rights in Honduras”, Article by K. Spring

2011 March 10 - Honduras Regime Impunity Watch - La Prensa Article on Canada’s “Porn King” & Articles by D. Paley and K. Spring

2011 March 28 - URGENT ACTION: Wounding & Detention of Garifuna Leader, Miriam Miranda of OFRANEH

2011 March 29 - “The Coup D’Etat, Its Inheritors & the Criminalization of Social Protest”, by M. Miranda

2011 April 06 - “Banging the Drums of Resistance to the Repression”, Photo Essay by K. Spring

2011 July 15 - “Tourism & Ethnocide in Honduras": Canadian investors (Canadian Shield Fund, Barrick Gold, Toronto-Dominion Bank, ‘Porn King’ Randy Jorgensen, and more) investing in tourism “development” projects in Honduras, causing slow crushing and ethnocide of indigenous Garifuna communities”, Article by K. Spring

2011 December 15 - Garifuna Communities Take Legal Action Against Randy Jorgensen, the Canadian “Porn King” for Forces Fraudulent Land Sales

2012 January 10 - “‘Libertarians’ Model Cities and the Resurrectino of William Walker”, Article by OFRANEH, & 11 min film about Canadian Tourism Interests

2012 July 27 - “Defend the Sovereignty of Honduras and the Rights, Culture and Territory of the Garifuna People”, Petition by OFRANEH

2012 September 11 - The Purpose & Devastating Result of the Military Coup in Honduras! The role of the media?

2012 September 14 - “The World’s First Charter Cities in Honduras: From Neo-Liberalism to Neo-Colonialism”, Article by A. Bird

2012 December 18 - “The Honduran People Under a Permanent Coup D’Etat”, by OFRANEH

2013 February 19 - Post-2009 Military Coup Nightmare Continues & Article by B. Fernandez

2013 February 22 - CBC “The Current” Radio Debate: Canadian Investments in Tourism and Privatized “Charter Cities” in Honduras the Most Repressive Country in the Americas, the ‘Murder Capital of the World’

2013 June 12 - Tell NPW to Set the Record Straight on “Model Cities” in Honduras

2013 August 25 - “Without Our Land, We Cease to Be a People: Defending Indigenous Territory and Resources in Honduras”, Article by T. Field & B. Bell

2014 January 15 - In Honduras: Tourism, Repression and Corruption vs. the Garifuna People

2014 February 04 - Canadians: Say No to Canada’s “Free Trade” Agreement with Honduras

2014 December 07 - “Canadian Tourism Operators are Stealing Garifuna Lands, Literally”, Article by S. Cuffe

2014 December 07 - “‘Little Canada’ Displacing Afro-Indigenous Communities in Honduras: Canadian Investor Randy Jorgensen Blames Concerns on ‘Extremis Factions’”, Article by S. Cuffe

2015 October 27 - Canadian “Porn King” on Trial (Nov. 13, 2015) in Honduras

2015 October 30 - Who is the Canadian “Porn King”, On Trial (Nov. 13, 2015) In Honduras?

2015 November 10 - Canadian “Porn King” on Trial in Honduras, Friday Nov. 13, 2015 - Media Release

2015 November 16 - “Canadian Tourism and Real Estate Developer Appears Before Honduran Judge”, Article by K. Spring

2015 November 20 - Canadian Porn King on Trial for Tourism Projects in Honduras - 8 min video report

2015 December 01 - Assassination Attempt in Honduras Linked to Canadian Tourism Business: Indigenous Garifuna Leader Vidal Leiva Shot Three Times

2015 December 14 - “El Canadiense: Chronology of Jorgensen’s Usurpation of Garifuna Land in Honduras”, Article by S. Cuffe

2015 December 30 - “Two Garifuna Men Murdered in Iriona and the Farce of the ‘War On Drugs’”, by OFRANEH

2016 January 29 - “Indigenous Rights Win Major Steps Forward in Honduras”, Cultural Survival Article

2016 April 30 - “Trial Against Canadian ‘Porn King’ for Illegal Seizure of Garifuna Indigenous Lands”, Article by OFRANEH

2016 July 23 - In Depth Conversation with Miriam Miranda of OFRANEH about the Garifuna Indigenous People in Honduras

2016 August 27 - “The Honduran Judiciary Tolerates Canadian ‘Porn King’s’ Disobedience”, Article by D. Meza

2016 September 11 - “Tourism, Home Burnings & Territorial Evictions Along the Garifuna Coast in Honduras”, Article by OFRANEH

2016 October 17 - “Canadian Porn King, Randy Jorgensen, Threatens to Evict Garifuna Guadalupe Community from Ancestral Territory”, Article by D. Meza

2016 November 11 - Urgent Actions by Honduras Solidarity Network and OFRANEH

2016 November 21 - “Canadian Porn King and Caribbean Paradise”, Toronto Star Article by M. Jimenez

2016 December 28 - “Lands to Die For: The Garifuna Struggle in Honduras”, CCTV Americas 35 Min Documentary

2017 January 06 - Tourism, Repression and Ethnocide in Honduras and Guatemala: From Back-Packers to 5-Star Hotels and Cruise Ships

2017 January 12 - Miriam Miranda, OFRANEH Leader, and 3 Garifuna Men, Detained and Threatened by Honduran Police

2017 April - “Expolio De Los Territorios Garifuna En Honduras”, Report by G. Trucchi

2017 May 19 - “Canadian Tourism Investors ‘Criminalizing’ Garifuna People on Their Own Lands: Community Defender Illegally Detained in Honduras”, Article by K. Spring

2017 June 01 - “There is a Canadian Tourism Mafia that Has Taken Control of Our Land”, Radio Progreso

2017 August 09 - “Canadian Businessman Patrick Forseth (of the Carivida Villas Company) Files Criminal Charges Against Miriam Miranda (OFRANEH) and Other Indigenous Garifuna Leaders”, Article by D. Meza

2017 September 14 - “When Defending the Land is a Crime: Canadian Tourism Operators Use Corrupted Legal-Political System to ‘Criminalize’ Miriam Miranda and Indigenous Garifuna People”, Article by G. Trucchi

2017 October 02 - “Winds of Persecution on Garifuna Lands”, Article by G. Trucchi

2017 November 17 - Urgent Action: ‘Canadian Tourism Mafia’ File Trumped Up Charges Against Garifuna Leader Miriam Miranda in Honduras’ Corrupted Legal System

2019 April 18 - “Another Trial Against Miriam Miranda: Prosecutors’ Endless Persecution of Land Defenders”, Article by G. Reyes

2019 October 16 - “Maria Digna Montero, Teacher and Land Defender, Shot Dead in Her Home”, OFRANEH Communique

2020 March 27 - OFRANEH & Garifuna People Responding to COVID-19

2020 July 22 - Four Garifuna Youth Kidnapped & Dissapeared by US/Canadian-backed Honduran Regime

2020 July 30 - “The Threat of Progress: Visiting Garifuna Country in Honduras”, Article by T. Russell (first published Feb. 2006)

2020 July 31 - 13 Days Since Forced Disappeared of 5 Black Garifuna Land Defenders by Honduran Military-backed Regime, a US & Canadian-backed “Democratic Allie”

2020 August 05 - 21 days since Garifuna land defenders disappeared by Honduran regime, OFRANEH statement

2020 August 11 - Disappearance of the “Garifuna five” in Honduras; Letter from Prime Minister of St. Vincent & the Grenadines

2020 August 25 - Day 39: Kidnapping & disappearance of 5 Garifuna land defenders

2020 August 30 - Canada stands with Honduran regime forcibly disappearing people; Canadian Cabinet Minister should delete “International Day of the Disappeared” tweet

2020 November 03 - Demand return of five Garifuna land & rights defenders Disappeared by U.S & Canadian-backed Honduran regime

2021 March 04 - Two Garifuna land and human rights defenders illegally jailed by Honduran regime

2021 March 08 - Garifuna people between jail and grave – Two more killed

2021 April 19 - A “Micronation for Sale” in Roatan: Tourism imperialism on Caribbean shore of Honduras

2021 May 21 - SUNLA investigation into forced disappearance of Garifuna land defenders by US & Canadian- backed regime

2021 June 14 - La Lucha Sigue (The Struggle Continues), Film directed by Sam Vinal (Mutual Aid Media)

2021 June 25 - NJOI Trujillo Beach Residences of Canada, & other tourism invaders, criminalize 73-year old Garifuna woman defending her own land

2021 July 12 - OFRANEH & TASSC to receive Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award

2021 July 16 - 1st anniversary of forced kidnapping & disappearance of four Garifuna Indigenous land & rights defenders in Honduras

2021 October 19 - “Afro-Indigenous People in Honduras Are Being Forcibly Displaced. Washington Is Complicit”, Article by Miriam Miranda

2022 August 05 - “The Survivors of Cayos Cochinos”, by C. Martinez, El Faro news

2022 December 6 - “Garifuna Leader Faces Death Threats if he Does Not Leave Triunfo de la Cruz Community”, Criterio HN Article by M. Perdomo

2023 January 20 - Help Stop Ethnocide and Forced Displacement of Garifuna People in Honduras - Call to Action

2023 February 27 - “25 Garifuna Land and Rights Defenders Assassinated in the Last 3 Years”, Radio Progreso Article

2023 June 1 - Another Garifuna Community Defender Assassinated, OFRANEH Communiqué