Honduras says U.N. rights office to monitor drugs crackdown
Honduras says U.N. rights office to monitor drugs crackdown
Sun Sep 27, 2015 5:12pm EDT
By Hugh Bronstein
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations will open a human rights monitoring office in Honduras this year to guard against possible violations by security forces as they crack down on drug gangs, President Juan Hernandez said on Sunday.
The militarization of the Central American country has helped stem gang bloodshed Hernandez said, while disputing claims that his policy to "put a soldier on every corner" has resulted in a spike in rights violations.
Nonetheless, he told Reuters, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon had agreed to place a human rights ombudsman's office in Honduras before the end of the year.
"The secretary confirmed this with me yesterday," he told Reuters on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly.
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