Good afternoon, everyone. I'm going to call this meeting of the Subcommittee on International Human Rights to order.
We have a special session today on the human rights situation in Honduras and Guatemala. We have a number of guests from Honduras and Guatemala who, I'm very pleased, have been able to come in to address us and who were brought in, of course, by Amnesty International.
I'll start by introducing Alex Neve, the secretary general of Amnesty International Canada.
We also have Bertha Isabel Zúniga Cáceres.
Bertha, I have to say, this is the second time you've testified before this committee. We heard from you and Gustavo Castro just over a year ago, and we were all obviously very deeply concerned. We send our thoughts to you again on the very tragic murder of your mother, Berta Cáceres, a true human rights defender.
Also testifying today will be Felipe Benitez as well as Luis Fernando Garcia Monroy.
We're going to take five minutes for each of our four guests, and then we will open it up to questions from the committee members.
With that, Mr. Neve, I will turn it over to you, and you can get the ball rolling with our witnesses today.