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Demand Protection for Human Rights Journalist in Honduras

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On April 14, 2012, Dina Meza received four calls on her mobile phone. When she phoned back, the caller claimed that he had dialed the wrong number, but ended the call by telling Dina, “Look after your pussy.”

Weeks earlier Dina Meza received two threats by text message with reference to sexual violence. The first said “We’ll burn your pussy with lime until you scream and the whole squad will enjoy it […] CAM.” The second also warned that she would “end up dead like people in the Aguán.” CAM is an acronym for Comando Álvarez Martinez, a pseudonym which has been used in threats to human rights activists and journalists in the aftermath of the 2009 coup d’état. Read More »

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