This Sunday August 30, 2009 another teammate against the coup was killed in Tegucigalpa, Mr. Ismael Padilla was about 45 years old, owner and manager of bus transportation item. This citizen was the one who rented his buses to transport the material of the fourth ballot, the same that was recovered from the premises of the Honduran air force by President Zelaya with many of his followers days before the coup.
With the loss of this well-known partner, family members, to the pain that people experience the loss of your loved one, they would not give statements to the media on the subject. It is only know that some hooded individuals from on board a motorcycle shot him on multiple occasions without a word.
The coup media said the cause of the death was because he did not want to pay the war tax to a gang, but the Resistance is confident that this is more of a crime of the coup against members of the resistance. The more days pass, crimes against citizens is increasing amongst members of the resistance, but this does not stop the petty ambitions of politicians in office in the country and, among so ungovernable that is in Honduras, yesterday officially launched the campaign for the general election this November 30.
In the case of the independent candidacy of Carlos H. Reyes, he remains on the sidelines of this whole campaign and hopes to resolve this political conflict, since failure to restore constitutional order in the country, he and the Democratic Unification Party agreed not to participate in the political elecciones.The defacto regime apparently did not care about the crime wave and the crisis afflicting the country, because they, along with other groups that led the coup, are responsible for many of these crimes have been committed after June 28.
Nor do they care about the political conflict there, but always refused to depose their interests against all odds and launched the campaign for the upcoming presidential election. Incidentally, these are not recognized by the international community nor by thousands of citizens who for over two months are in the Honduran streets protesting the coup and demanding the return of its President Zelaya.
For its part, the resistance against the coup, now Tuesday, 01 May 2009, served 66 days of fighting in the streets, has many expectations on the meetings being carried out by President Zelaya with the Organization of American States OAS and personalities from the United States, and decisions will be taken away in a few hours to end this long nightmare that we live with the Hondurans and longing for a better future for the march in Tegucigalpa country.Security Front resistance against the coup reached the center of the capital, where he developed a special event in honor of Francisco Morazán Central champion, as today, September 1st, begins the celebration of national holidays in Honduras and a as hero Francisco Morazán, who fought both for Central American union, could not pass unnoticed.
Everybody lies, except Micheletti, who assures in this interview that denies that Human Rights have been violated. HRW, Amnesty International, CIDH, just EVERYONE lies.. they're all bought by Chávez, y'know?
| Title | Honduras: Concerns over human rights situation in Honduras after the coup d'Etat: FIDH participates in an assessment mission |
| Publisher | International Federation for Human Rights |
| Country | Honduras |
| Publication Date | 30 July 2009 |
| Cite as | International Federation for Human Rights, Honduras: Concerns over human rights situation in Honduras after the coup d'Etat: FIDH participates in an assessment mission, 30 July 2009, available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4a842417c.html [accessed 4 September 2009] |
Honduras: Concerns over human rights situation in Honduras after the coup d'Etat: FIDH participates in an assessment mission
Thursday 30 July 2009The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) is deeply concerned about the human rights situation and democracy in Honduras after the coup d'Etat of 28 June 2009, which resulted in the destitution of the democratically elected President, Manuel Zelaya. Last week, FIDH jointly with other 18 organisations[1], conducted an assessment mission in Honduras, with the aim of evaluating the current human rights situation in the country. Based on the findings of the mission, FIDH urges all relevant actors to work towards the reestablishment of the democratic institutions and the protection of human rights in the country.
The mission, which took place from the 17 to the 24 July 2009 confirmed that serious and systematic human rights violations took place after the coup d'Etat. These violations show a disregard by the de facto government for the human rights treaties signed by Honduras. Some of the documented violations are the result of the application of the Decree 11-2009, which establishes a state of emergency and the restriction of basic rights. Although the Decree states that the state of emergency will last for 72 hours, the situation prevails to-date without any legal basis. Other violations are the result of the militarisation of security and other state institutions. Violations committed by public security forces during demonstrations include: illegal and arbitrary detentions of national and foreign citizens (specially Nicaraguans) and enforced disappearances. Furthermore, this situation has lead to an inactivity of the State's institutions for the protection of human rights. For instance, the National Commission on Human Rights has not reacted to these violations, nor has the Supreme Court ruled on the legality of the Decree 11-2209. Serious limitations to freedom of expression against journalists and certain media were confirmed. The coup d'Etat has also resulted in a deterioration of the human rights situation of several vulnerable groups, such as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT).
FIDH confirmed the fact that the coup d'Etat has created a severe polarization in the society. This has resulted in a serious tension within the country, particularly at the border with Nicaragua. If this situation prevails there is a strong risk of the commission of massive violations of human rights and other serious crimes. Therefore an immediate preventive action by the international community is needed to improve the situation in the country.
Taking into account this dramatic situation, FIDH urges:
- All members of the international community:
not to recognise the results of any eventual election organised by the de facto government.
- The European Union:
- The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to conduct a field visit to the country.
- The UN Security Council to publicly condemn the coup d'état and to take measures to re-establish the constitutional institutions.
- The UN Council on Human Rights to adopt a resolution calling for the respect of human rights in the country.
- The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court to recall that Honduras is a State Party to the ICC Statute and that should the situation continue to deteriorate through the commission of further violations, it could come under the jurisdiction of the ICC.
[1] International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Centro por la Justicia y el Derecho Internacional (CEJIL), Iniciativa de Copenhagen para Centroamérica y México (CIFCA), FIAN International, Plataforma Interamericana de Derechos Humanos, Democracia y Desarrollo (PIDHDD), Consultoría para los Derechos Humanos y el Desplazamiento (CODHES-Colombia), Suedwind-Austria, Instituto de Derechos Humanos de la Universidad Centroamericana José Simeon Cañas (IDHUCA-El Salvador), Asociación Pro Derechos Humanos de Perú (APRODEH), el Instituto de Estudios Políticos sobre América Latina y África (IEPALA-Spain), Federación de Asociaciones de defensa y promoción de los Derechos Humanos (Spain), Coordinadora Nacional de Derechos Humanos de Perú, Servicio Paz y Justicia (Denmark), Alianza Social Continental, Enlazando Alternativas, y Centro de Estudios Tricontinental.
Topics: Coup d'etat, Human rights activists,
http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/country,,,,HND,4562d94e2,4a842417c,0.html
| Title | Honduras photos and protestor testimonies show extent of police violence |
| Publisher | Amnesty International |
| Country | Honduras |
| Publication Date | 19 August 2009 |
| Cite as | Amnesty International, Honduras photos and protestor testimonies show extent of police violence, 19 August 2009, available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4a8d54afe.html [accessed 4 September 2009] |
| Title | Honduras: Nueva oleada de detenciones arbitrarias y alegaciones de uso de la violencia y malos tratos contra los manifestantes |
| Publisher | World Organisation Against Torture |
| Country | Honduras |
| Publication Date | 27 August 2009 |
| Cite as | World Organisation Against Torture, Honduras: Nueva oleada de detenciones arbitrarias y alegaciones de uso de la violencia y malos tratos contra los manifestantes, 27 August 2009, available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4a97815c2.html [accessed 4 September 2009] |
Centre for Torture Victims
COMUNICADO DE PRENSA
HONDURAS: Nueva oleada de detenciones arbitrarias y alegaciones de uso de la
violencia y malos tratos contra los manifestantes
Ginebra - Copenhague, 27 de agosto de 2009. La Organización Mundial Contra la Tortura (OMCT) y
el Centro de Rehabilitación e Investigación para las Víctimas de la Tortura (RCT) manifiestan su
preocupación por la nueva oleada de detenciones arbitrarias y alegaciones de uso de la violencia
y de malos tratos como brutales golpizas contra los manifestantes1, en particular contra las
personas detenidas el 12 de agosto de 2009.
En efecto, la OMCT y el RCT han conocido que la manifestación de ciudadanos llevada a cabo en las
ciudades de Tegucigalpa y en San Pedro Sula el 12 de agosto de 2009, con el fin de protestar contra el
Golpe de Estado, dejó a numerosos manifestantes detenidos, contra quienes el Ministerio Publico inició
procesos judiciales ya que, según las denuncias, son considerados por el gobierno de facto como
delincuentes o vándalos, y a quienes la Fiscalía de Delitos Comunes encausó por robo, sedición, daños a
la propiedad privada y participación en manifestaciones ilícitas contra la seguridad del Estado.
La OMCT y el RCT han conocido que varios de los detenidos el 12 de agosto presentan fracturas debido
a que la mayoría fueron brutalmente golpeados con toletes de madera y con ángulos de metal. Los
detenidos fueron conducidos a las instalaciones de los Comandos de las Fuerzas Especiales de la
Policía (COBRAS), el cual no está habilitado como centro de detención y en donde ninguno tuvo espacio,
ni camas ni colchonetas para dormir, estando hacinados desde el primer día. Varios de ellos fueron
llevados y detenidos durante algunos días en la Penitenciaria Nacional (PN), en donde casi no tenían
espacio en el suelo para poder sentarse o para dormir. Según las informaciones, a los detenidos los
mantuvieron un tiempo esposados y les infligieron serios insultos verbales, amenazas de muerte y
diferentes intimidaciones.
Se ha conocido que inicialmente, la Fiscalía de Delitos Comunes encausó a 24 de las personas
detenidas, de las cuales 11 permanecieron varios días en la Penitenciaria Nacional. Durante la audiencia
inicial, llevada a cabo el 18 de agosto de 2009 en la Corte Suprema de Justicia, el Juez de apellido
Quevedo restringió la concurrencia pública a un limitado número de organizaciones de sociedad civil y
organismos internacionales, aduciendo razones de seguridad. Allí, la parte acusadora realizó la
presentación de los medios de prueba basándose entre otros en dos recortes del periódico El Heraldo,
uno de ellos del 13 de agosto, día posterior a la captura de los manifestantes, y también en la cuantía de
daños reportado por las empresas que alegan ser afectadas.
Además, durante la audiencia fueron presentados como testigos de la Fiscalía tres policías, quienes en
sus declaraciones ante el juez mostraron contradicciones e incoherencias sobre los hechos. De otra
parte, en el caso de las fiscales, estas argumentaron, entre otros, que la lectura de derechos de los
imputados se había hecho hacia las 2:30 de la tarde, y sin embargo los testigos dijeron que esta lectura
fue hecha después de la 6 de la tarde, del día de la detención.
Finalmente se ha conocido que, como resultado de tres días de diligencias en la Corte Suprema, el Juez
Quevedo dictó auto de formal prisión, pero con medidas sustitutivas, bajo el cargo de participación en
manifestaciones ilícitas, contra los Sres.: Milson Emilson Cárcamo Garay, Santos Arnulfo Moncada
1 Ver Comunicados de Prensa OMCT: Honduras 140809 conjunto RCT y OMCT; Honduras OMCT 100709, emitido el 10 de julio de
2009, y Honduras OMCT 310709, emitido el 31 de julio de 2009.
Cáceres, Angel Geovanny García Arguijo, y Milco Durán Céspedes (ciudadano colombiano), y la Sra.
Jhoana María Alvarado Barahona. Las medidas cautelares sustitutivas a la prisión preventiva, incluyen la
presentación periódica al Juzgado de Letras Penal de Tegucigalpa, la prohibición de salir del país sin
previa autorización del juzgado y la prohibición de concurrir a reuniones “donde haya actos de violencia".
A las demás personas detenidas el 12 de agosto de 2009 e inicialmente imputadas se les dictó el
sobreseimiento definitivo de la acción penal.
La OMCT y el RCT manifiestan su preocupación por la ausencia de garantías del debido proceso contra
las personas detenidas el 12 de agosto de 2009 y llaman a las autoridades del gobierno de facto en
Honduras a la liberación inmediata de las personas detenidas en ausencia de cargos legales válidos
compatibles con los estándares legales internacionales, o si tales cargos existen, llevarlas ante un
tribunal competente, independiente e imparcial y garantizarles todos sus derechos procesales en todas
las etapas de los procedimientos.
Además, la OMCT y el RCT instan a las mismas autoridades a que lleven a cabo una investigación
rápida, efectiva, exhaustiva, independiente e imparcial sobre las circunstancias de estas detenciones, en
particular sobre las alegaciones de malos tratos y torturas infligidos a los detenidos durante el arresto y la
detención.
La OMCT y el RCT vuelven a hacer un vehemente llamado a las autoridades de facto de Honduras a
que, obren de conformidad con la ley internacional y regional de derechos humanos, en particular con la
Convención contra la Tortura y Otros Tratos o Penas Crueles, Inhumanos o Degradantes de Naciones
Unidas, el Pacto Internacional de Derechos Civiles y Políticos, la Declaración sobre Defensores de
Derechos Humanos de las Naciones Unidas, la Declaración Universal de Derechos Humanos, la
Convención Americana sobre Derechos Humanos (CADH) (Pacto de San José) y los demás
instrumentos internacionales de derechos humanos ratificados por Honduras.
Para mayor información:
OMCT: Alexandra Kossin, Coordinadora de Campañas Urgentes, + 41 22 809 49 39
RCT: Tue Magnussen, Coordinador de Programa, + 45 22 44 43 95,
Simon Ankjærgaard, Encargado de Comunicaciones, + 45 36 93 86 56, ó,
Jan Ole Haagensen, Jefe del Departamento Internacional del RCT, + 45 36 93 86 05.
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?page=search&docid=4a97815c2&skip=0&query=honduras&searchin=title&display=10&sort=date
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?page=search&docid=4a9783ee1e&skip=0&query=honduras&searchin=title&display=10&sort=date
| Title | Honduras: Rights Report Shows Need for Increased International Pressure |
| Publisher | Human Rights Watch |
| Country | Honduras |
| Publication Date | 25 August 2009 |
| Cite as | Human Rights Watch, Honduras: Rights Report Shows Need for Increased International Pressure, 25 August 2009, available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4a9783ee1e.html [accessed 4 September 2009] |
Honduras: Rights Report Shows Need for Increased International Pressure
(Washington, DC) - The finding by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of widespread abuses in Honduras should compel the international community to take firm action, such as targeted sanctions, to resolve the country's ongoing crisis, Human Rights Watch said today.The commission released a report on August 21, 2009, showing a pattern of serious violations under the de facto government, including excessive use of force, arbitrary detention, sexual violence, and attacks on the media, as well as several confirmed deaths and possible "disappearances." The commission also documented an absence of effective legal protections from abuse.
"Given the ongoing abuses documented by the commission and the lack of effective legal protection, it is urgent that the international community exert concerted and effective pressure to restore democratic government in Honduras," said José Miguel Vivanco, Americas director at Human Rights Watch.
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?page=search&docid=4a8d1a512&skip=0&query=honduras&searchin=title&display=10&sort=date
| Title | Honduras: Human Rights Crisis Threatens as Repression Increases | |||||||||||||||||
| Publisher | Amnesty International | |||||||||||||||||
| Country | Honduras | |||||||||||||||||
| Publication Date | 19 August 2009 | |||||||||||||||||
| Citation / Document Symbol | AMR 37/004/2009 | |||||||||||||||||
| Cite as | Amnesty International, Honduras: Human Rights Crisis Threatens as Repression Increases, 19 August 2009, AMR 37/004/2009, available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4a8d1a512.html [accessed 4 September
Media in coup stormA group of masked gunmen destroyed the transmitters of Radio Globo and Canal 36 in Canta Gallo, in the central department of Francisco Morazán, on the night of 23 August, the Honduras Committee for Free Expression (C-Libre) reports. Esdras Amado López, the head of Canal 36, and David Romero, the head of Radio Globo, said their broadcasts were interrupted on 24 August as a result of the sabotage.After threatening to kill a guard if he tried to call the police, the gunmen went directly to where the transmitters are located and poured abrasive chemical products over them, López said. Both stations have been in the de facto government's sights ever since the coup and both have had their broadcasts cut several times. C-Libre also reports that the Maya TV programme "Hable como Habla," was interrupted as a result of damage to electrical equipment. The head of Maya TV, Eduardo Maldonado, said power surges have damaged much of the station's studio equipment. Police attacked Honduran and foreign journalists in Tegucigalpa on 30 July while dispersing demonstrators protesting against the 28 June coup d'état, the Honduras Committee for Free Expression (C-Libre) has reported. Reporter Karen Mendéz of the Caracas-based international TV station Telesur told C-Libre that police officers pushed her and threatened to kill her. She said the order was given to fire on the media. Her cameraman, Roger Guzman, was hit and the video he had filmed was confiscated. Maya TV cameramen José Oseguera and Luis Andrés Bustillo were also hit by police in Durazno, an area to the north of the capital. Edgardo Castro of Televisora Hondureña de Comayagua was arrested while filming police disperse protesters, C-Libre said. His equipment was damaged. Radio Globo, one of the few Honduran broadcast media still criticising the de facto government, reported on 4 August that it could be forced to shut down as a result of a complaint brought before the National Telecommunications Commission (CONATEL) by lawyer José Santos López Oviedo on behalf of the armed forces. The complaint accuses the station of "sedition" and openly urging citizens to revolt. Police arrested several journalists employed by the Caracas-based Latin American satellite TV station Telesur and the Venezuelan public TV station VTV on 12 July for identity checks. The journalists said they were "taken into police custody." A representative of the de facto government told AFP it was "just an investigation by the immigration services." Broadcasting of Telesur in Honduras was suspended on 28 June, a few minutes after the start of the coup that ousted President Zelaya. Telesur journalists Adriana Sivori, Maria Jose Diaz and Larry Sanchez were arrested for several hours on 29 June. The de facto government is putting pressure on the media. Radio and TV stations must now interrupt their programming to broadcast all of its messages. Journalist Rommel Gomez was arrested by soldiers during a demonstration in support of ousted President Manuel Zelaya on 2 July and was held for an hour. He was photographed and forced to identify himself during his arrest. Carlos Rivera, Radio América's correspondent in the western town of Santa Rosa de Copán, was physically attacked by pro-Zelaya demonstrators on 1 July. All the media personnel stopped covering the demonstration after the attack on Rivera, which was the second attack on a journalist during the protest. Zelaya supporters also attacked Maribel Chinchilla, the owner of the Canal 34 TV station, in Santa Rosa de Copún. According to the Honduras Free Expression Committee (C-Libre), soldiers burst into the studios of the Canal 5 TV station as it was broadcasting content in support of President Zelaya's return. C-Libre also reported that the military invited the news media in the Colón region to a meeting and told them to broadcast information provided by de facto President Micheletti's government and to refrain from criticising President Zelaya's removal if they wanted to avoid being closed down. Journalists Patricia Arias of Canal 8, Allan McDonald of the daily El Heraldo, Aníbal Barrow of Hondured and Esdras Amado López, the owner of the Canal 36 television station, are not missing, as initially feared. They just decided to lay low because of the ongoing political crisis. The Honduras Free Expression Committee (C-Libre) reports that Canal 36 resumed broadcasting on 4 July, six days after it was forced off the air when soldiers stormed its headquarters. The de facto government announced on 1 July that certain fundamental constitutional guarantees are now suspended during curfew hours (10 p.m. to 5 a.m.). They include freedom of assembly and association, freedom of movement and the right to domestic inviolability. The 72-hour limit on the time a person can be held in police custody has also been suspended. Canal 36, a TV station that was closed by the military on 28 June, the day of the coup, was due to resume broadcasting on 3 July. Six journalists have been missing or have been in hiding since the day of the coup: Mónica Ceoane of Telesur, cartoonist Allan McDonald, Esdras Amado López of Canal 36, Patricia Arias of Canal 8 , Jesús Ochoa and Aníbal Barrow of Hondured. Radio Globo resumed broadcasting on 29 June but is continuing to have problems. The soldiers who have been stationed outside the station since 28 June were upset by an interview with ousted President Manuel Zelaya and suspended broadcasting for 20 minutes. Owner Alejandro Villatoro managed to negotiate a resumption of broadcasting but another 25-minute interruption ensued. Radio América has reported that a fragmentation grenade was thrown at the Tegucigalpa building that houses the station on the night of 30 June but did not go off. The police were summoned and detonated the grenade. The San Pedro Sula-based TV station Canal 6 was shut down for 15 minutes while broadcasting footage of the coup. It then resumed its usual programming - sensationalist coverage of crime stories. The pro-Zelaya TV station Canal 36, owned by journalist Esdras Amado López, has been shut down since 28 June. Amado has gone into hiding. The TV station Canal 11 has not broadcast any reports about the coup since it was raided by soldiers. Journalists working for the daily La Prensa were targeted by a demonstration in San Pedro Sula in support of ousted President Manuel Zelaya. The police took up positions around the newspaper's office as the demonstrators headed towards it. Police units stationed themselves around the headquarters of Corporación Televicentro, the country's leading TV station, on 29 June to protect it against a demonstration by Zelaya supporters. Zelaya supporters have criticised the following news media: the San Pedro Sula-based daily La Prensa, the Tegucigalpa-based dailies La Tribuna and El Heraldo, the national TV station Corporación Televicentro, and the national radio stations Radio América et Emisoras Unidas HRN. Corporación Televicentro's TN5 news programme reported on the evening of 30 June that police were stationed around the headquarters of Radio América because of the threat of demonstrations and because explosive devices had been thrown at it. Zelaya supporters are only allowing the international press to cover their demonstrations and have attacked several freelance journalists working for local media. On 29 June, the head of Canal 42, Emma Calderón, criticised demonstrators for attacking one of her reporters and one of her cameramen, and destroying his camera. A cameraman working for the US TV station Univisión was also attacked in the same manner. Eduardo Maldonado, the producer of the Maya TV news programmes "Hable como Habla" and "Interpretando la Noticia", who is also a former presidential candidate and a critic of Roberto Micheletti (the de facto acting president), has sought asylum in the US embassy because he feared reprisals. Jhony Lagos, the editor of the monthly El Libertador, told Reporters Without Borders he has received anonymous threatening calls on his mobile phone because of his criticism of the de facto government. He also said that, a week ago, he received a summons for promoting Zelaya's referendum. "I hope that, after this coup, they won't turn on us because we criticised the capitalist system," he said. A few minutes after the coup d'état got under way on 28 June, there was a power outage that lasted five hours and silenced all of the country's radio and TV stations. Since then, most TV stations have just been broadcasting cartoons and soap operas. The public TV station Canal 8, whose broadcasts had stopped on 28 June, has now resumed normal programming. Soldiers went to the headquarters of the daily El Tiempo and the TV station Canal 11 in San Pedro Sula on 28 June and insisted that the journalists stop relaying information coming from members of ousted President José Manuel Zelaya's government, Several journalists with the international TV station Telesur and the daily La Prensa have talked of censorship by military officers who asked them to "moderate" their coverage. Soldiers also threatened to arrest them if they continued to broadcast footage or print photos of the demonstrations in support of Zelaya. Around 10 soldiers stormed into the Marriot Hotel in Tegucigalpa on 29 June as foreign journalists were transmitting footage of a demonstration from their room. The soldiers arrested Argentine journalist Nicolas Garcia, Peruvian journalist Esteban Felix and two Nicaraguans who work for the Associated Press as assistants. They were taken to the Immigration Bureau where their visas were checked and where they were released an hour and a half later after explaining they were journalists. Adriana Sivori, Maria Jose Diaz and Larry Sanchez of Telesur were also detained and then freed. Two TV stations, Canal 66 Maya TV and Canal 36, were ordered to stop broadcasting on 28 June without being told when they could resume. According to Radio Progreso journalist Félix Molina, the military are threatening to shut down news media if they refer to President Zelaya's removal as a "coup d'état." 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