Defacto Regime issues Decrees declaring National State of Emergency
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*Decreto PCM-M-029-2009*
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*Decreto PCM-M-029-2009*
COFADEH Alert: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 *Military Dictatorship arms itself with weapons and munitions of death and declares war on the National Front of Non-Violent Resistance.*
Amidst expectations of large-scale repression and warnings to stay safe at home during the elections, the Honduran Ministry of Health has issued an emergency communiqué alerting all Department level Health Directors and Hospital Directors to have all medical personnel on call 24 hours a day, to reprogram elective surgery, and to stock up on medicine and equipment for the period of November 19 – December 4, 2009.
On October 22, 2009, the Armed Forces of Honduras, First Battalion of Communications issued a letter to all of the Mayors in the country requiring their offices to compile a list of names and telephone numbers of members of the municipality who are “part of the resistance.” The letters ask for the list to be compiled as soon as possible because the Army will be following up on the request with a visit to each municipality “very soon in order to strengthen our democratic system.”
Lisa Sullivan and Bertha Oliva give a workshop on the coup in Honduras at the annual School of the Americas protest.
Berta Oliva, executive director of COFADEH, Committee of the Families of the Disappeared in Honduras, talks about the coup in Honuduras and the human rights violations.
The Committee of Detained and Disappeared of Honduras (COFADEH) expresses its concern to the national and international community regarding the deterioration of the human rights situation in Honduras which is deepening each day.
It’s become clear to me while spending time with Bertha Oliva of COFADEH (Committee of Family Members of the Disappeared in Honduras) that the situation in Honduras is worsening, and that the military is gearing up for a long-term dirty war against the people. She called it "Operación Siléncio."
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Day 148
Today at the Popular Resistance Front assembly, community leaders from around Tegucigalpa reiterated that they will not participate in next Sunday’s elections, leading rallying cries against the election, and in favor of a constitutional assembly: “elecciones no; constituyente si.”