Association for a More Just Society
Asociación para una Sociedad más Justa (ASJ, Association for a More Just Society in English) is a human rights organization in Honduras. Its sister organization in the United States it known as the Association for a More Just Society (AJS). It published the Revistazo magazine.
Its Gideon Centers are legal and psychological aid centers in poor neighborhoods.[1]
In December 2006 its lawyer Dionisio Díaz García was murdered.[2] The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights asked the government to protect workers of AJS.[2]
Awards
- Revistazo journalist Dina Meza received an Amnesty International award on 4 July 2007.[2]
References
- ↑ The purpose of the Gideon Project
- 1 2 3 "Dina Meza and Carlos Hernández - Honduras". Amnesty International.
External links
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