Solidarity with Tesla
*UPDATE* Friday April 25, 2008.
Very bad news.
Tesla's sentencing finally came down a few days ago. Her guilt was affirmed and she was sentenced to 4 years in prison. Tesla will appeal this in the supreme court of Honduras on May 14th, 2008. As such, we are renewing our efforts for international solidarity. At the Supreme Court, Telsa will ask that the case be thrown out and her freedom granted. The Supreme Court has the power to make this happen.
For more info on the case, please click here to read a message from Tesla about her struggles since she and other community members dared to stand up to for the students in their community.
The following is a sample letter that we are urging supporters to send via fax or email to the powers that be in Honduras.
paste the following in the "To" field of your email:
gvalladares@presidencia.gob.hn, vmorales@poderjudicial.gob.hn, romiba2003@yahoo.com, lrosa@mp.hn, plicona@poderjudicial.gob.hn, embhonca@embassyhonduras.ca, neil.reeder@international.gc.ca
Paste the follwing in the message section of your email:
Re: Tesla Ventura
Honourables
Ing. José Manuel Zelaya Rosales, President of the Republic,
Abog. Vilma Morales, President of the Supreme Court of Justice,
Ing. Roberto Micheletti, President of the National Legislature,
Abog. Leonidas Rosa Bautista, Public Prosecutor General of the Republic,
Paulina Pérez de Licona, Director of Public Defense,
Beatriz Valle, Ambassador of Honduras in Canada,
Neil Reeder, Canadian Ambassador to Honduras
I am writing you today as a member of the international community disturbed by the unjust treatment Tesla Ventura, a Lenca woman, mother of five children, and community volunteer who was recently sentenced to four years in prison after a highly suspicious trial.
I am shocked that the authorities of Honduras act with such blatent disregard for the prinicples of justice and fairness.
I hope that you, the authorities of the Republic of Honduras, use this opportunity to show the international community that Honduras is a country where justice exists, and a country whose citizens are treated with respect, care, and impartiality without corruption or malicious intent.
I also declare that, as a member of the international community, I will continue to follow the case of Tesla Ventura and any possible violations of international human rights laws.
Respectfully,
Les escribo como miembro de la comunidad International extremadamente molesto y perturbado con el injusto tratamiento de Tesla Ventura, una mujer Lenca, una madre de cinco hijos, y una líder y voluntaria comunitaria quien recientemente fue condenada a 4 años de prisión después de un tribunal sospechosamente inadecuado.
Me choca que ustedes las autoridades de Honduras actúan de manera evidente y clara en contra de los principios de justicia y la verdad.
Espero que ustedes, las autoridades de la Republica de Honduras, tome esta oportunidad para mostrar a la comunidad International que Honduras es un país donde la justicia existe y respalda a sus ciudadanos y los trata con respeto sin intento de perjudicar o culpar poniendo en uso el sistema de justicia para la defensa de los inocentes, como es Tesla Ventura.
Declaro, como miembro de la comunidad International, que seguiré el caso de Tesla Ventura detalladamente y alzare la voz contra cualquier acto injusto o corrupto o violación de sus derechos humanos.
Respetuosamente,
[end of letter]Fax numbers.
If you have the ability to send faxes, please fax Beatriz Valle, Ambassador of Honduras in Canada, fax: 613-232-0193
Thank you for your solidarity in this. Even if we do not succeed, it is good and important to be reminded that caring, progressive people are around in the world, trying.
*UPDATE* Thursday January 31, 2008.
Thank you everyone for your continuing support. The government and court officials are aware of the international support and attention Tesla's case is receiving, and as such continue to delay her sentencing, being unsure themsleves how to procede. Yesterday we were able to show Tesla this petition, and she was greatly touched, especially by the powerful and supportive comments. The petition now has well over 200 names and has reached 18 countries: Canada, the USA, Ireland, Barbados, Iceland, the Netherlands, England, Scotland, Honduras, Bolivia, Mexico, Cuba, Finland, Venezuela, Guatemala, Costa Rica, China, and France!
Also, we have added the email addresses of the relevant authorities if you wish to send comments directly to them. Thanks!
*UPDATE* Monday January 21, 2008.
Still no news on the sentencing date. But, this petition has now topped 100 signatures, and has travelled to ten countries: Canada, the USA, Ireland, Iceland, the Netherlands, England, Scotland, Honduras, Bolivia and France! Please continue to spread Tesla's story.
In solidarity.
*UPDATE* Thursday January 17.
Tesla's sentencing has been delayed to a future date. We are unsure exactly why this has happened, or for when it will be rescheduled. In the mean time, Tesla must continue her weekly trips to sign the court registry, and continues to be denied the right to leave Honduras. Doctor Almendares is keen to continue and intesify the international campaign. Thank you for you continuing support! In the last three days Tesla's story has reached Canada, the USA, Ireland, Iceland, the Netherlands, and France!
We are seeking international support for a colleague and friend, Tesla Ventura. She has been
unjustly persecuted for her actions in support of her community.
Two years ago, Tesla helped organize a meeting of parents, teachers and directors at the local high school in the rural area where she lives. The students and their parents were upset because a number of teachers had not been giving classes (while still getting paid), but were now expecting students to take their exams. Before the meeting could proceed everyone had to wait for the arrival of regional directors, and as a result of their tardiness, everyone present, including a group of teachers, spent the night at the school waiting. A number of days later, charges were leveled against Tesla and the other parent leaders. They were charged with illegally detaining several teachers at the school, even though these teachers had spent the night of their own volition. The parent leaders were offered a choice, admit guilt and be let free but denied the opportunity to participate in community organizing in the future, or deny guilt and be forced to go every Friday to sign a book in the courthouse of a town an hour away until some future point when a trial can be held. 6 out of eight of the parent leaders signed. Tesla would not. She has been going to Marcala, to the court house there to sign the book, every Friday since May of 2005. Also, she has been denied the right to leave the country.
In November, we four Canadian interns working here in Honduras attended Tesla's trial and watched in dismay as the prosecution presented "witness" after "witness" to lie to the judges about the events of that day, claiming that Tesla was a key player--some of these so-called witnesses, Tesla had never seen in her life, and one was bold enough to make eyes at the attractive prosecution lawyer. These witnesses, around a dozen in total, recounted their detention and mistreatment, and how a gang of machete-weilding parents and students held them captive. Tesla was allowed only three witnesses in her defense.
Tesla's sentencing is tomorrow, January 15 2008. We will watch, hoping that they do not sentence her to the maximum 6 year term that the prosecution is seeking. We will hope that this beautiful indigenous woman, mother of 5, and key member of her community will be granted her freedom. But, having seen the miscarriages of justice that have already happened, this seems unlikely.
Tesla needs INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT. Please read and sign the petition below.
Re: Justice and Liberty for Tesla Ventura
Dear Honourable:
President of the Republic, Ing. José Manuel Zelaya Rosales
gvalladares@presidencia.gob.hn
President of the Supreme Court of Justice, Abog. Vilma Morales
vmorales@poderjudicial.gob.hn
Presidents of the National Legislature, Ing. Roberto Micheletti
romiba2003@yahoo.com
Public Prosecutor General of the Republic, Abog. Leonidas Rosa Bautista
lrosa@mp.hn
Director of Public Defense, Paulina Pérez de Licona
plicona@poderjudicial.gob.hn
We, the international community declare our concern for Tesla Ventura, a Lenca woman, mother of five children, and community volunteer who was condemned to prison after a suspicious trial.
It worries us greatly that the authorities allowed Ms. Ventura to present only three witnesses, and gave her only three days to prepare her defense. These limitations placed upon the defense gave the prosecution a large advantage that was obviously not just.
We are disappointed and frustrated to learn that such dishonest and shameful activities occur in Honduras.
We ask with great hope that you reconsider the case of Tesla Ventura and grant her her liberty and rights, and order a new trial so that she might prove her innocence.
We hope that you, the authorities of the Republic of Honduras, use this opportunity to show the international community that Honduras is a country where justice exists, and a country whose citizens are treated with respect, care, and impartiality without corruption or malicious intent.
We, the international community, will observe, with great concern, how this case proceeds. We insist that the authorities make a just decision, in order to impress upon the world that Honduras has a justice system that follows international laws concerning human rights.
With much respect,
| # | Name | organization | comments | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jean Arnold, Executive Director | ja@fallsbrookcentre.ca | Fallsbrook Centre, New Brunswick, CANADA | -- |
| 2 | Dr. Irene Novaczek | inovaczek@upei.ca | Institute of Island Studies, PEI, CANADA | -- |
| 3 | Ted Grant | tedandritagrant@gmail.com | Mikinduri Children of Hope Foundation., CANADA | -- |
| 4 | Angela Day | angelakday@gmail.com | -- | -- |
| 5 | Colleen Grant | collmckay@hotmail.com | Ajax, ON, Canada | -- |
| 6 | Ian Avery | angelakday@gmail.com | Victoria, BC, Canada | -- |
| 7 | Jackie Kanyuk | -- | Victoria, BC, Canada | -- |
| 8 | Caitlin Power Hancey | angelakday@gmail.com | Atlantic Regional Solidarity Network (ARSN), Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada | -- |
| 9 | Andy Cragg | andy.cragg@gmail.com | Canada | we love you Tesla. |
| 10 | laura.keresztesi | laura.keresztesi@gmail.com | Atlantic Council for International Cooperation, Halifax, Canada | -- |
| 11 | Caitlin Brubacher | just.theatre@ocic.on.ca | Ontario Council for International Cooperation | -- |
| 12 | Dr. Paul Cragg | doctor@gentlevasectomy.com | Peterborough, Ontario, Canada | -- |
| 13 | Luke Rodgers | lrodgers@cea-ace.ca | Canadian Education Association, Toronto, Canada | -- |
| 14 | Robin Love | robinlove@hotmail.com | University of Victoria, BC, Canada | -- |
| 15 | Louis Century | lcentury@yahoo.com | Canada | -- |
| 16 | Jennifer Keresztesi | jenny.keresztesi@gmail.com | Michigan, USA | -- |
| 17 | Jeff Whyte | super_joe_louis@yahoo.com | University of Kings College, Halifax, Canada | -- |
| 18 | Ian Bickis | ibickis@dal.ca | -- | I am dismayed by this injustice |
| 19 | Dr. Jean Marc Benoit | jeanmarcbenoit@hotmail.com | Orleans Urgent Care Centre, Orleans, Ontario, CANADA | -- |
| 20 | Dean Gross | elessarts@gmail.com | Family Farm Defenders - Madison, WI, USA | -- |
| 21 | Terry Campbell | -- | Halifax, NS, Canada | -- |
| 22 | Benjamin Whatley | benjamin.whatley@mail.mcgill.ca | McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada | -- |
| 23 | Scott Macmillan | -- | Scojen music Productions, Halifax, Canada | -- |
| 24 | Daphne Cragg | daphne.cragg@gmail.com | -- | -- |
| 25 | Daniel Rosen | dantheguyrosen@hotmail.com | University of Kings College, Halifax, NS | -- |
| 26 | Janis Dawson | janisdawson@gmail.com | -- | -- |
| 27 | Jonah Cristall-Clarke | jonah@jccmusic.ca | Toronto, ON, Canada | -- |
| 28 | Dan Benoit | pdanielbenoit@hotmail.com | Scotia Capital (Toronto) | -- |
| 29 | Irene Endicott | iendicott@msn.com | Pictou Landing First nation School, Nova Scotia, Canada | -- |
| 30 | Stephanie Carlisle | stephanie.carlisle@yale.edu | Yale University. New Haven, CT, USA | -- |
| 31 | Linda Smith | lasmith@trentu.ca | Trent University Peterborogh Ontario Canada | -- |
| 32 | Lulu Healy | lulu@jazzeast.com | Halifax, Canada | -- |
| 33 | Jessica Cragg | j.cragg@hotmail.com | Hamilton, ON, Canada | -- |
| 34 | Adam R. Freedman, Law Student | sundayeggs@hotmail.com | Queen's University, Kingston ON, Canada | Mas justicia, menos corrupcion! |
| 35 | Katie Patterson | jicky50@hotmail.com | Halifax, NS | -- |
| 36 | Cheryl Ripley | cheryl_ripley@hotmail.com | Canada | -- |
| 37 | Peter Gorman | pgorman@dal.ca | Canada | -- |
| 38 | Sophia Bearden | sophia_bearden@yahoo.ca | Canada | -- |
| 39 | Orion Keresztesi | or573828@dal.ca | Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia | -- |
| 40 | Alice Hansen | ajhansen@dal.ca | Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, CANADA | -- |
| 41 | Sarah Kastner | sj_kastner@yahoo.com | Africville Productions, Ontario | -- |
| 42 | Sarah Weiss | aelliwyn@yahoo.com | madison, wi, USA | -- |
| 43 | Emily Popp | poppski@gmail.com | Dhamma Roadkill, Olympia, Washington | -- |
| 44 | Dana Sipos Randor | danasipos@hotmail.com | -- | -- |
| 45 | Gabriel Keresztesi | r97gek@mun.ca | Canada | -- |
| 46 | donna garrison | serendipityday@Hotmail.com | Halifax, NS | -- |
| 47 | Catherine Downey | catherinedowney@gmail.com | Ottawa, Canada | -- |
| 48 | Eva Denny | evadenny@gmail.com | -- | -- |
| 49 | Ariel-Paul Saunders | aripaulster@gmail.com | CISV, international | -- |
| 50 | Nicole Jilbert | nicolejilbert@yahoo.com | Madison, WI | -- |
| 51 | Conrad Dombrowski | dandeliongarden@hotmail.com | Linnaea School | -- |
| 52 | Marion Endicott | kericott@rogers.com | -- | -- |
| 53 | Rachelle Dillon | dillon.rachelle@gmail.com | Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada | -- |
| 54 | William Martin | w.martin@dal.ca | Halifax, Canada | -- |
| 55 | Lesley Griffiths | lesley@griffithsmuecke.com | Griffiths Muecke | -- |
| 56 | Birgir Thordarson | birgir@sudurland.is | Environmental & Public Health Authority South ICELAND | -- |
| 57 | Peter Rogers | pdrogers@dal.ca | Dalhousie University | -- |
| 58 | Kyle Sharpe | ksharpe@cityofgp.com | CIty of Grande Prairie | -- |
| 59 | Dallas Gillis | -- | Rural Planning District Commission, Fredericton NB | -- |
| 60 | Jennifer Pritchard | jn919313@dal.ca | Dalhousie University | -- |
| 61 | Paul J. Smith | psmith@colchester.ca | Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada | The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government. (Thomas Jefferson) |
| 62 | Adrian Buckley | matthewbuckley@yahoo.com | student | -- |
| 63 | Sarah Bligh | s.bligh@hotmail.com | -- | -- |
| 64 | Verna Penner | vpenner@rdc.ab.ca | Alberta, Canada | do the right thing: let Tesla go free |
| 65 | Craig Walker | craigscottwalker@gmail.com | Vipre Limited - Dublin, Ireland | -- |
| 66 | Laura MacCormick | mac_cormick@hotmail.com | Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS | -- |
| 67 | jayme melrose | ineffable@riseup.net | Halifax, NS | -- |
| 68 | Karl Vinge | ginsu4@hotmail.com | Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada | -- |
| 69 | Alexis Trejgo | alexistrejgo@yahoo.ca | -- | -- |
| 70 | Dan Fortin | dan.fortin@gmail.com | -- | -- |
| 71 | Sarah Downey | blueberryfly@yahoo.ca | Friends of Cortes Island Society | -- |
| 72 | Jen Myers | myersjc@dal.ca | -- | -- |
| 73 | jim sexton | jimsexton@sympatico.ca | toronto, canada | -- |
| 74 | Bjarki Bragason | bjarki_b@hotmail.com | Reykjavik, Iceland | -- |
| 75 | Nathan Cameron | nbcamero@dal.ca | Halifax, Nova Scotia | -- |
| 76 | jim scott | jim@collabplan.ca | Collabplan | -- |
| 77 | Andrea Ólafsdóttir | andreaolafs@hotmail.com | Iceland | please look into this case again and give a fair trial |
| 78 | Hauksdottir | amhauks¦wanadoo.fr | attac, France | -- |
| 79 | Birgitta Jonsdottir | birgitta@this.is | Iceland | -- |
| 80 | Ingibjörg Stefánsdóttir | ingstef@ruc.dk | -- | -- |
| 81 | Elva Björg Einarsdóttir | elvab@hi.is | University of Iceland | -- |
| 82 | Astridur Halldorsdottir | astridur@gmail.com | Iceland | -- |
| 83 | Steinunn G. Gudjonsd | steinunn@hotmail.com | Iceland | -- |
| 84 | Hildur Thorsdottir | hildur0102@gmail.com | -- | -- |
| 85 | Robyn Hamilton | rlhamilton@hotmail.com | Atlantic Council for International Cooperation, Halifax, Canada | -- |
| 86 | Adam Fritz | adamfritz@hotmail.com | Ottawa, ON, Canada | -- |
| 87 | Stefania Halldorsdottir | stefania_gudrun@hotmail.com | -- | -- |
| 88 | Laura Daniels | -- | teacher | -- |
| 89 | Guðmundur Beck | marbeck@eldhorn.is | Akureyri ICELAND | -- |
| 90 | John Wadland | jwadland@trentu.ca | Trent University, Canada | -- |
| 91 | Shirley Lui | sz285287@dal.ca | Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada | -- |
| 92 | Helga Hallbergsdóttir | helgahal@hi.is | ICELAND | -- |
| 93 | n. den boer | -- | The Netherlands | -- |
| 94 | Guðrún Ingólfsdóttir | gudruni@hi.is | Reykjavík, Iceland | -- |
| 95 | Emily Harrison | em393405@dal.ca | School of Planning, Dalhousie, Canada | -- |
| 96 | Christina Liddell | aurora.wise@mac.com | Scotland | This is a crime against humanity to imprison a woman such as Tesla Ventura. Clearly her right for freedom and true justice has been denied and this is nothing but pure Corruption! |
| 97 | Valdimar Thor H | einherji@gmail.com | -- | Down with the fascist government of Honduras! Down with the paramilitary working for the CIA and the fascist. Free Tesla Ventura immediately! She has dedicated herself to cleaning up your own dirt, as are many others who have done, and are doing, every single day. Long live freedom!! |
| 98 | Anne Stewart | an641084@dal.ca | Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada | -- |
| 99 | Annie Dean | amdean@wisc.edu | -- | -- |
| 100 | Sophia Horwitz | sophia_horwitz@hotmail.com | Nova Scotia Environmental Organization Network | -- |
| 101 | Pamela Schulz | halley_schulz@yahoo.com | England School, Tegucigalpa | -- |
| 102 | Andres Carranza | tchebanger@hotmail.com | UNAH (tegucigalpa) | -- |
| 103 | Einar Olafsson | einarol@centrum.is | Kopavogur, Iceland | -- |
| 104 | Þorsteinn Ólafsson | steini@bssl.is | Selfoss, Iceland | -- |
| 105 | Heather Desveaux | desveaux@avondalemedia.ca | -- | Please review this case fairly and accord her dignity and respect everyone deserves |
| 106 | Zoe Caron | zoe.caron@gmail.com | Nelson, BC, Canada | Por favor. |
| 107 | Lilith Wyatt | lilithwyatt@gmail.com | Dalhousie University, Halifax, CANADA | -- |
| 108 | Johannes Braune | jb628@st-andrews.ac.uk | University of St. Andrews, United Kingdom | -- |
| 109 | Ilana Schwartz | ischwatzperry@sympatico.ca | -- | -- |
| 110 | Laura Hage | laurahage82@hotmail.com | Canada | -- |
| 111 | Dorota M. Lech | dorota.lech@mail.mcgill.ca | McGill University | -- |
| 112 | Rachel Derrah | rachelderrah@hotmail.com | Canada | -- |
| 113 | Hildur Fjola Antonsdottir | hunhildurf@hotmail.com | Barbados | -- |
| 114 | Melisa Pubil | 3mp13@queensu.ca | Queen's University, Kingston ON, Canada | -- |
| 115 | Nicholas Paget | nicholaspaget@gmail.com | Ministere de l'Education Nationale, L'Academie de Paris, Paris, France | -- |
| 116 | Julie Vandervoort | julievoort@hotmail.com | -- | -- |
| 117 | Michael MacIntyre | macsim@telus.net | Grande Prairie, Alberta | -- |
| 118 | Claire SAN FILIPPO | claire.sanfilippo@sciences-po.org | Sciences Po, France | -- |
| 119 | Tracy Glynn | tracy@jatam.org | Fredericton, NB CANADA | -- |
| 120 | Lyra Butler George | lyra_butler_george@hotmail.com | -- | -- |
| 121 | Aaron Short | aaron.c.short@gmail.com | Halifax, Canada | -- |
| 122 | AnnePringle | missfreckles@hortmail.com | -- | -- |
| 123 | Tomer | tomergal2@gmail.com | -- | -- |
| 124 | David Bursan | jonodrake@aol.com | New Jersey, USA | -- |
| 125 | André Girgis | andre.girgis@gmail.com | Solidarity Across Borders, Falls Brook Center | -- |
| 126 | Tassilo von Droste | tassil@hotmail.com | Sciences-Po | -- |
| 127 | Sydney Galbraith | sydneygalbraith@hotmail.com | Nelson, B.C. | -- |
| 128 | Blanca Fraile Perez | blanca.fraile@gmail.com | arte accion (tegucigalpa-honduras) | Todo lo que esta sucediendo cpn Tesla me parece una aberracion.hay que ayudar a combatir las injusticias de base como esta, para contrarestar la inminente corrupcion que se esta instalando en todas las capas de esta sociedad. La iniciativa de inetentar apoyarla |
| 129 | Juan Exposito Baladron | juanexpositobaladron @hotmail.com | Cooperante voluntario en Bolivia ( la paz) | Todo lo que esta sucediendo cpn Tesla me parece una aberracion.hay que ayudar a combatir las injusticias de base como esta, para contrarestar la inminente corrupcion que se esta instalando en todas las capas de esta sociedad. Me parece muy buena e importante la iniciativa de intentar apoyarla |
| 130 | Brian Patrick Roche | roche1955@hotmail.com | -- | -- |
| 131 | Abdi Mohamed | abdi22@mac.com | Calgary, Alberta | -- |
| 132 | Bruno Maes | brunomaes@yahoo.com | Amnesty International EU Office | -- |
| 133 | Amber Mitchell | amber_m84 [at] hotmail.com | Dalhousie University , Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada | -- |
| 134 | Sean Bennett | bennetsa@dal.ca | Dalhousie University | Uphold the dignity of your justice system and give Tesla a fair trial |
| 135 | Emma Boardman | chocolatetofupie@hotmail.com | Nova Scotia, Canada | -- |
| 136 | Nick Keresztesi | nick.keresztesi@utoronto.ca | L.I.U.N.A. Local 183, Toronto | Honduras has distanced itself from its former reputation. Do not slide back. Show the world that your justice system is fair and impartial. Do not tear Ms Ventura from her family and community. |
| 137 | Emma Trottier | etrottie@dal.ca | Ottawa, Canada | -- |
| 138 | Alex Derry | alexjderry@gmail.com | Centre for the Study of Democracy | I don't understand this law |
| 139 | Akhtar Abbasi | akhtarabbasi@hotmail.com | Halifax NS | -- |
| 140 | Anna Steinunn Agustsdottir | anna@hvitahusid.is | -- | -- |
| 141 | James Smith | jamesandlaurel@sympatico.ca | -- | Is this how Honduras behaves? Surely you can correct this error. |
| 142 | Ted Cragg | tedcragg@gmail.com | Sherbrooke, Quebec | -- |
| 143 | Andrea Lozano | andrea.lozanorellana@gmail.com | -- | -- |
| 144 | Carla Conrod | aa03@chebucto.ca | -- | -- |
| 145 | Natalie Lovesey | nlovesey@uwo.ca | The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario | -- |
| 146 | blackford parker | talmonblue@webtv.net | Halifax , Canada . | this appears to be most unjust |
| 147 | Liz MacDougall | lizmacdougall@eastlink.ca | -- | A due judicial process will bring out the truth. That is necessary for any justice to occur. Please ensure a proper process in the courts. |
| 148 | Ruth Larson | rlarson@eastlink.ca | Halifax, NS | Justice for Telsa. |
| 149 | Mary Corbett | mfcorbett@gmail.com | Breaking the Silence Network, NS Canada | -- |
| 150 | Natalia Alonso | alonso.natalia@gmail.com | Spain | -- |
| 151 | Nancy rogers | nallenrogers@eastlink.ca | CUPW | respect and human right need their rightful place! |
| 152 | Susi dennison | susidennison@yahoo.co.uk | -- | -- |
| 153 | David Austin | daustin@eastlink.ca | breaking the silence | -- |
| 154 | marlene hebert | worker@ns.sympatico.ca | postal clerk, Canada Post | -- |
| 155 | Lynne Duffy | lduffy@unb.ca | Maritimes-Guatemala Breaking the Silence Network, Canada | -- |
| 156 | Sandy Greenberg | greenberg.sandy@gmail.com | Canada | -- |
| 157 | Rowena Park | r687183@hotmail.com | Retired/ PEI | -- |
| 158 | molly and bill titus | mollytitus@eastlink.ca | Atlantic Regional Solidarity Network | A mother of five Honduran children should be able to be with them, for the sake of the future of Honduras. |
| 159 | Kathryn Anderson | kathrynande@gmail.com | Atlantic Regional Solidarity Network | -- |
| 160 | Jeff Carolin | jeffcarolin@hotmail.com | -- | -- |
| 161 | Sharon Ward | sharonward@shaw.ca | Red Deer, AB | -- |
| 162 | mpollack | marionp@intergate.ca | -- | -- |
| 163 | Fraser Turner | fraserct@gmail.com | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | -- |
| 164 | Roxann Bonellie | rbonellie@cupw-sttp.org | Canadian Union of Postal Workers | -- |
| 165 | Geoff Tanner | lewddite@hotmail.com | Nova Scotia | -- |
| 166 | Lisa Woodruffe | wiwaxy@mail.com | Breaking the Silence, Nova Scotia | -- |
| 167 | Berenice Martínez Barona | be_sablier_re@hotmail.com | México | -- |
| 168 | Diego Marquina de Hoyos | dmarquina@gmail.com | -- | -- |
| 169 | Brenna McDonald | brennamcdonald@hotmail.com | Ottawa, Ontario | -- |
| 170 | Cindy Poirier | cpoirier39@hotmail.com | CUPW, Fredericton, New Brunswick Canada | -- |
| 171 | Rev. Steve Berube | sberube@nb.aibn.com | St. Paul's United Church of Canada, Riverview, NB Canada | -- |
| 172 | Joseph Rodgers | joe.rodgers@ns.sympatico.ca | Development & Peace | -- |
| 173 | Natalie Seniuk | nat_seniuk@hotmail.com | Canada | -- |
| 174 | Mette Kruger | p96mk@mun.ca | Sudbury, Canada | -- |
| 175 | nadyeli quiroz radaelli | quirozradaelli@hotmail.com | -- | -- |
| 176 | Tamara Lorincz | nsen@cen-rce.org | Nova Scotia Environmental Network | This is terrible news. We pray for speedy justice. |
| 177 | Beatriz Casasola | bety_casasola@hotmail.com | Mexico | -- |
| 178 | John Dimond-Gibson | johndg41@hotmail.com | Toronto, Canada | -- |
| 179 | Karen Gordon | karen@reachingresolution.com | Toronto, Canada | Theresa should be thanked, not punished! |
| 180 | Amanda McDonell | amcdonel@dal.ca | Ottawa, ON | -- |
| 181 | Jennica Lounsbury | jennicalounsbury@yahoo.ca | -- | -- |
| 182 | Dorothy | the_burts@shaw.ca | Abbotsford, BC CANADA | -- |
| 183 | sandra murphy | smurphy@hfx.eastlink.ca | Halifax , NS Canada | -- |
| 184 | Lyra Butler George | lyra_butler_george@hotmail.com | -- | -- |
| 185 | anne collins brown | anne.brown@nf.sympatico.ca | Newfoundland, Canada | -- |
| 186 | Viola Sendi-Mukasa | vsmukasa@hotmail.com | -- | Please give Telsa Ventura an honest and fair trial and show the international community that Honduras is a country that believes in freedom and justice. |
| 187 | Guy Laflamme | glaflamme@cupw-sttp.org | CUPW | -- |
| 188 | Charles Neish | charles_neish@hotmail.com | Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada | -- |
| 189 | Merrill Slipp | slippmr@nb.sympatico.ca | BTS Guatemala/Maritimes Solidarity Network | -- |
| 190 | David Turner | david_aleksander_turner @yahoo.ca | -- | -- |
| 191 | KateTurner | etak@rocketmail.com | -- | -- |
| 192 | Linda Macdonald | josephmacdonald@eastlink.ca | -- | -- |
| 193 | Ivy Shaw | ivyshaw189@hotmail.com | Nova Scotia Federation of Labour, Halifax, Nova Scotia CanadaW | I find it hard to believe that when someone speaks up for the rights of our youth and the future of the world they would be treated this way. All we want is dignity and respect for all in this world. Honduras please do the right thing and show the rest of the world that you can fix the unjust treatment of Ms. Ventura...we are watching and waiting for justice. |
| 194 | ELLEN MacKAY | emackay@nb.sympatico.ca | Miramichi,NB,Canada | -- |
| 195 | Karina Barker | karina_barker@hotmail.com | Canada | -- |
| 196 | Bridget Trim | betrim@eastlink.ca | Halifax, Canada | -- |
| 197 | Mervyn Horwitz, National Director | jhorwitz@unitedway.ca | United Way of Canada | -- |
| 198 | Susan MacDonald | breagha73@hotmail.com | -- | -- |
| 199 | Janna Graham | jgraham3@connect.carleton.ca | Carleton University | -- |
| 200 | Janet Rhymes | janet.rhymes@ns.sympatico.ca | Dartmouth NS | -- |
| 201 | Marion Pollack | marionp@intergate.ca | Vancouver, B.C. Canada | -- |
| 202 | Sherri Cline | sherri.cline@smu.ca | -- | With hope for justice and freedom! |
| 203 | steve law | steve(a)sunroot.org | SunRoot Farm, Nova Scotia, CANADA | -- |
| 204 | Sherri Cline | -- | Halifax, NS Canada | -- |
| 205 | Katharine Laurie | katlaurie@yahoo.ca | Breaking the Silence_ Maritimes (Canada) and Guatemala | -- |
| 206 | blackford parker | blackfordparker@webtv.net | Halifax , Nova Scotia , Canada | This seems unfair treatment of Tesla Ventura |
| 207 | Katia Rivero | rivero_alonso@yahoo.es | Cienfuegos, Cuba | -- |
| 208 | Alison J. Shurvell | alison@fallsbrookcentre.ca | Falls Brook Centre, New Brunswick CANADA | -- |
| 209 | Louise Casselman | cassell@psac.com | PSAC, 233 Gilmour St, Ottawa, Canada K2P 0P1 | -- |
| 210 | Chuck Lapp | chucklapp@eastlink.ca | Halifax, Nova Scotia | Stop this injustice! |
| 211 | Innis MacDonald | innis@ns.sympatico.ca | Canadian, private citizen | watching and hoping for justice in the Honduras |
| 212 | Pamela Harrison, Provincial Coordinator | coordinator@thans.ca | Transition House Association of NS- Halifax, NS, Canada | -- |
| 213 | Kathleen Sercerchi | sercerchi@eastlink.ca | Halifax , Nova Scotia , Canada | -- |
| 214 | Hans Olson | olsonhans@hotmail.com | Edmonton, Canada | -- |
| 215 | Maxine Coccia | maxse49@hotmail.com | Toronto,On. Canada | -- |
| 216 | jason farser | jason.fraser1@smu.ca | -- | -- |
| 217 | Frank Macdonald | frank_macdonald@ ns.sympatico.ca | -- | -- |
| 218 | Simon Granovsky-Larsen | simongl@yorku.ca | York University, Toronto, Canada | -- |
| 219 | Colleen Ashworth | colleenashworth@eastlink.ca | -- | -- |
| 220 | Mike Antoniades | mikantcy@yahoo.com | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | It seems unthinkable that such a miscarriage of justice will be allowed to stand. Please show respect for the law and allow Telsa Ventura her freedom |
| 221 | Cheryl Coughlin | ccoughlin@cupw-sttp.org | CUPW Ottawa | Free Tesla |
| 222 | Kathy Zimmer | kathyzimmer123@yahoo.com | -- | -- |
| 223 | Gary Chiasson | garychiasson@ns.sympatico.ca | -- | -- |
| 224 | Manlio Martínez Barona | manliomartinez@gmail.com | México Distrito Federal | -- |
| 225 | delroy clarke | delroyclarke@nf.sympatico.ca | LABRADOR.CITY | -- |
| 226 | Jill Trinacty | x2004buq@stfx.ca | Breaking the Silence - Nova Scotia | -- |
| 227 | Jackie McVicar | jmcvicar@gmail.com | Breaking the Silence Solidarity Network | -- |
| 228 | jason farser | jason.fraser1@smu.ca | -- | -- |
| 229 | Jenelle Gonzales | gonzalej@uoguelph.ca | University of Guelph, Guelph ONT | -- |
| 230 | Judith Bates | batessjudith@gmail.com | Wellington, NS | -- |
| 231 | Mary MacLachlan | mary_maclachlan@hotmail.com | -- | -- |
| 232 | Jackie Robichaud | jrramsay@nb.sympatico.ca | CUPW Miramichi | Bring peace and justice to Tesla and her family!! Set Tesla free!! She was only standing up for her childrens right to be educated! Any and all charges should be dismissed!! |
| 233 | Jean-Francois Savoie | jfsavoie@eastlink.ca | CUPW Halifax Nova Scotia | -- |
| 234 | Charlene Boyce Young | cmbycreative32@yahoo.com | Halifax, Nova Scotia | Justice demands that either a fair trial be held with equal opportunity for defense witnesses, or this travesty of weekly signings cease. |
| 235 | Bill Thomas | shortbreak@gmail.com | (United) Church of St Andrew and St David, Saint John, New Brunswick | -- |
| 236 | Bud Kesler | vehementior@yahoo.ca | Halifax, NS Canada | The facts of the case must be known. Do not distort them. Do Tesla justice. |
| 237 | Graham Colk | gcolk@cwu.org | Communication Workers Union UK | Support and solidarity. |
| 238 | Louise Comtois | -- | CUPW | -- |
| 239 | Louise Hanavan | lugekaz@gmail.com | Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada | -- |
| 240 | Rebecca McQuaid | rebecca.mcquaid@gmail.com | Halifax, NS CANADA | -- |
| 241 | Lorraine Noseworthy | -- | Newfoundland, Canada | -- |
| 242 | Darrell Tschirhart | dgtshirt@hotmail.com | Saint John NB | -- |
| 243 | Alejandra | alejandragm@costarricense.cr | SEFCA Centroamérica | Por la vida! |
| 244 | Priscilla Retana Cordero | priscillaret869@hotmail.com | -- | -- |
| 245 | dalia granillo | daliagranillo@yahoo.es | consejeria de la mujer santa tecla | como hay buenos maestros los hay malos y debemos velar por la buena educacion de nuestros hijos es a lo que tienen derechos por constitucion |
| 246 | Nina Rodriguez Dubsky | nina.rodriguez@gmail.com | -- | -- |
| 247 | Betzabe Villela | betzyvillela@yahoo.es | Ninguna pero estoy en los Estados Unidos | Hasta cuando dejaran de cometerse injusticias, porque no apresan a aquellos que de forma organizada cometen delitos graves que van en contra de toda la sociedad. |
| 248 | Angelina del Valle Fuentes | latina1@prodigy.net.mx | México | -- |
| 249 | Guadalupe del Valle Fuentes | lupisdelval@hotmail.com | -- | -- |
| 250 | Guadalupe Zamarrón | zamarron@servidor.unam.mx | -- | -- |
| 251 | Marilina Barona | marilina@prodigy.net.mx | -- | -- |
| 252 | Mercedes Lorena Lara Perez | mercedeslorenal@yahoo.es | -- | -- |
| 253 | Guadalupe del Valle Fuentes | lupisdelval@hotmail.com | Bo. Concepcion Marcala, La Paz | -- |
| 254 | Gunnar Roth | newsmen@suomi24.fi | Friends of the Earth, Finland | The case looks suspicious and dirty. The Honduras government and society shold take a good look into such charges and authorities. Let all nations show respect to the humanity an high morals! |
| 255 | Carmen Elena Peña | carmenelenafeliz@gmail.com | Ceides - Valencia - Venezuela | no podemos permitir tanta injusticia |
| 256 | Jane Brownrigg | janebrownrigg@yahoo.com.au | Individual | This seems like foolish, wasteful behaviour from all the authorities concerned. Please take a fresh look at the start of the issue and realise that Tesla deserves unconditional pardon and freedom. |
| 257 | Bethel Meza | dayiluna@yahoo.com | Independiente | -- |
| 258 | Daniel Bravo | propec_7@yahoo.com | -- | hasta cuando pasarán sobre los más desprotegidos? |
| 259 | ERLINDA QUESADA ANGULO | erlinda_quesada@yahoo.es | RED FORO EMAUS LIMON COSTA RICA | CONOSCO A TESLA COMO UNA PERSONA ONORABLE QUE LUCHA OR LOS DERECHOS |
| 260 | Arianna Yanishevsky | -- | Ottawa, Canada | -- |
| 261 | Renata Wimer | renatawime@gmail.com | MEXICO d.F | -- |
| 262 | Gunnar Roth | newsmen@suomi24.fi | Friends of the Earth, Finland | -- |
| 263 | Juan Guillermo Caal | guillecaal@itelgua.com | ADICI, Guatemala, C.A. Zona Norte, las Verapacez | Lamento lo que le pasa una mujer defendiendo sus Derechos como una Ciudadana, Creemos en la lucha de las mujeres y defendemos por que son los que le dan vida en este mundo, Dios vendiga a los malos y a los buenos, exijo se aclare tal caso. |
| 264 | Lyzzie M | BouncingPinkBall@zworg.com | New Brunswick, Canada | -- |
| 265 | Anke & Fred Brademann | fred@artasolar.com.au | Artasolar Australia | -- |
| 266 | Stephanie Fung | stephf79@hotmail.com | Breaking The Silence Solidarity Network, Canada | -- |
| 267 | Nicki Fung | nicki@antiflux.org | China Literacy Foundation, Hong Kong | -- |
| 268 | Florence Ghesquier | floswebstuff@yahoo.com | -- | -- |
| 269 | Rommel Melghem Mejia | rommelghem@yahoo.es | apoyo como ciudadano | El caso de Tesla Ventura es una de Tantos que reflejan de como se mal administra la justicia en este pais |
| 270 | Toni MacAfee | tonimacafee@hotmail.com | -- | -- |
| 271 | Sharon Patey | sharonpatey@hotmail.com | CUPW | Justice and respect for Tesla |
| 272 | Dawn Robichaud | dawnrobi@yahoo.ca | Canadian Union of Postal Workers | Justice now! |
| 273 | Merrcedes Lorena Lara Perez | mercedeslorenal@yahoo.es | Honduras | -- |
| 274 | Scarleth Flores | scarlethf@hotmail.com | -- | -- |
| 275 | Rena Kulczycki | renakul@gmail.com | Nova Scotia, CANADA | -- |
| 276 | Victoria Antunez | vikikia@yahoo.com | ACJ | -- |
| 277 | Candy Banesa Baiza | candybaiza@yahoo.com | Madre Tierra - COHAPAZ | Considero demasiado injusta la situación por lo que la compañera esta pasando es por ello, que me pongo como siempre a la orden de todo lo que sea posible hacer en apoyo a ella, como hasta ahora lo he hecho |
| 278 | Nicole Wischlinski | nwisch@hotmail.com | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | -- |
| 279 | Christina Roehl | apokope@hotmail.com | -- | I have never seen the riteous forsaken. |
| 280 | Kattia Isabel Castro Flores | buscadoradecaminos@gmail.com | Servicios Ecuménicos de Formación Cristiana en Centro América | -- |
| 281 | Ernesto Flores | ernesto0843@yahoo.es | Cochabamba | -- |
| 282 | henry green | hgreen@miami.edu | HIPPY | literacy program for at-risk pre-K children |
| 283 | Rena Kulczycki | renakul@gmail.com | Nova Scotia, CANADA | -- |
| 284 | Margaret Jones | Margaret.A.Jones@btinternet.com | Independent Educational Consultant | -- |
| 285 | Johana Patricia Serrano Ruiz | johanaserrano2000@yahoo.com | SEFCA - NICARAGUA | NO MAS INJUSTICIA "LIBERTAD PARA TESLA" |
| 286 | Kathrin Furniss | kfurniss@dal.ca | Canadian student | -- |
| 287 | Alejandra Gómez Montero | alejandragm@costarricense.cr | SEFCA | por la vida! |
| 288 | David K | www.pugcasso.com | www.dkingdesign.com | wondering why some teachers have not been teaching, do they live far away? |
| 289 | Rene Gradis | renewil2005@yahoo.com | Movimiento Ambientalista de Olancho, Honduras C.A | Esto no puede suceder nos solidarizamos con la compañera. |
| 290 | Holly Murphy | Murphy5671@cox.net | Pensacola, FL USA | This case is a digrace to education and fair justice everywhere. |
| 291 | Juan manuel Sánchez | xacalcojuan@hotmail.com | Profesionales y tecnicos de la Magdalena Contreras Mexico D.F. | No corresponde a perfiles que busquen el daño y ese trabajo demuestra el compromiso por los demas. |
| 292 | CATHERINE AKERS | AKERS1013@YAHOO.COM | MADISON, CONNECTICUT, USA | This is an outrage against justice! |
| 293 | orlando alonso loaiza salazar | purisco741@yahoo.es | Grupo PLINIA, santiago puriscal, costarica | El año pasado tuve el gran honor de conocer a esta especial persona, conmada de una serie de cualidades las cuales no es facuil mencionar aqui. Muy alegre con un gran sentido por la vida, las personas y la naturaleza; entre otras. Por mi parte, con todo respeto me parece injusta la decision tomada en contra DE esta persona A la cual puedo llamar sin ningun cuidado; amiga. Una persona como Tesla no merece ser castigada ya que su gran interes por el bienestar de los demas merese por el contrario una oportunidad para explicar lo ocurrido y rrecuperar su libertad.Me despido pidiendoles con mucho respeto se reabra el caso y se le brinde toda la ayuda posible y asi ella pueda ayudar a otras personas y pueda seguir repartiendo alegrias a otras personas. |