Ousted Prosecutor Zelaya Vows to Take Removal to International Bodies

Published on Honduras Daily · Aug 12, 2026 · Originally reported August 10, 2026 by HCH

Former Attorney General Johel Zelaya said the Constitutional Court unanimously agreed to hear his challenge to his impeachment by Congress, and that he will take the case to international human-rights bodies, including the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, if he loses at home.

An auto-translated English version isn’t available for HCH, so this opens the original in Spanish. Honduras Daily curates and summarizes; the reporting is theirs.

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