Honduras: The abduction of a union organizer and employee at the Bestform factory in Choloma in February 1997
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 July 1998 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | HND29789.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Honduras: The abduction of a union organizer and employee at the Bestform factory in Choloma in February 1997, 1 July 1998, HND29789.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ab6d84.html [accessed 30 May 2023] |
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A representative of the Committee of the Relatives of the Disappeared of Honduras (COFADEH, a human rights organization based in Honduras) stated during a 22 July 1998 telephone interview that the organization has no record of an abduction or attempted abduction of an employee of the Bestform plant in Choloma in February 1997. The representative consulted on the subject with other non-government organizations, none of which had a record of such an incident. However, the representative cautioned that this does not mean that a Bestform employee was not abducted or the victim of an attempted abduction, as some cases are not reported publicly or to human rights organizations; she added that it is not unusual for victims of traumatic events to confuse the dates of a traumatic incident. Finally, the representative said that the recorded information found by COFADEH on the March 1997 dismissals of employees attempting to form a union at the Bestform plant does not include information on individual events affecting the unionists before their dismissal.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
References
Committee of the Relatives of the Disappeared of Honduras (COFADEH), Tegucigalpa. 22 July 1998. Telephone interview with representative.
Additional Sources Consulted
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Newspapers and periodicals pertaining to the appropriate region.
Electronic sources: IRB Databases, Global NewsBank, NEXIS, Internet, Refworld, WNC.
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This list is not exhaustive. Country-specific books available in the Resource Centre are not included.
