New Bill In Honduras Seeks To Rectify 1980s Human Rights Violations
In Honduras, family members of the victims of state violence in the 1980s have been marching for 40 years to demand justice for the disappearance and death of their loved ones. Now, there’s a chance they may see reparations. An unprecedented bill that would provide compensation for the family members of the victims is working its way through Congress.
In June 1981, Bertha Oliva was three months pregnant and had only been married for four months when she witnessed the kidnapping of her husband by the country’s death squad.
“I was there when they took him away from me,” she said, adding, “I am a witness to the brutality. I am a survivor of that moment.”