Ambassador Llorens,
We have compiled this report of human rights abuses committed by the Honduran police and military against civilians. We will be disseminating this information internationally, and would like to be able to include a response from the U.S. Embassy, particularly a response to the U.S. government’s refusal to call the Honduran coup regime a coup regime.
REPORT 3 AUGUST 2009
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Quixote Center / Quest for Peace
The situation here continues to deteriorate. For the last week nearly every day there have been reports of police and military attacking unarmed protesters. Our delegation just returned from San Pedro Sula, where there was an unprovoked attack on a peaceful march on Monday.
Yesterday, Sunday August 2nd, our Emergency Delegation of Solidarity, Accompaniment and Witness arrived in Honduras. The arrival of the nine person team assures an international presence on the ground this week and carried urgently needed assistance to the social movements of Honduras.
On Monday morning we went to the two locations where the wakes were being held for the two teachers who were killed in the last few days. One teacher was shot on Thursday, and died on Saturday from gunshot wounds to the head. Another was stabbed on his way home from the Saturday wake. At the press conference/rally which was held before his funeral, teachers declared that they would strike all week th
Yesterday, Sunday August 2nd , our Emergency Delegation of Solidarity, Accompaniment and Witness arrived in Honduras. The arrival of the nine person team assures an international presence on the ground and carried urgently needed assistance to the social movements of Honduras.
Crisis in Honduras deepens
– violence erupted again in Tegucigalpa yesterday
– Honduras now in a state of brutal dictatorship
– international attention and solidarity needed to restore democracy and human rights in Honduras
Yesterday, Thursday 30th July political violence returned to Tegucigalpa, the capital of the Central American state, Honduras, as police started fire at a peaceful demonstration in support of the deported president of the country, Manuel Zelaya.
This is an interview with Allan Fajardo, conducted in Managua Nicaragua on July 16th, 2009. The interview is in Spanish with translation.
This is an interview with Allan Fajardo, conducted in Managua Nicaragua on July 16th, 2009. The interview is in Spanish with translation.
This is an interview with Allan Fajardo, conducted in Managua Nicaragua on July 16th, 2009. The interview is in Spanish with translation.
