Tom Martinez, Witness: Signatures For Change in Honduras

Photographer Tom Martinez is in Honduras as part of an  international human rights accompaniment and observation delegation. In this photo, a  member of the National Popular Resistance Front (FNRP) is seen knocking on doors  in an ongoing effort to collect signatures for a national constituent assembly, which was process begun by President Zelaya, which lead to his removal in a military coup on June 28, 2010.

So far Tom’s group has met with representatives from the International Committee of the National Popular Resistance Front (FNRP), the leadership of the FNRP, and Honduran Platform for Human Rights, who gave a general overview of the events leading up to the coup on June 28 of last year, the human rights situation in Honduras since the coup, and their continued work to reconstruct democracy in Honduras under increasing repression.  This violent repression has continued under the government of Porfirio Lobo, who was named president following a campaign and election process held under the auspices of the de facto coup government in the last half of 2009.

For more information about the delegation and the situation in Honduras go here.