ICC will be asked to investigate human rights violations in Honduras after coup
The International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH) said Tuesday it will ask the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague to investigate "serious violations" of human rights attributed to the perpetrators of the coup in Honduras. The FIDH and Human Rights Association of Spain (APDHE) submitted to the ICC prosecutor, who directs the judge Luis Moreno Ocampo, "considerable evidence which demonstrates that widespread and systematic, de facto the highest authorities of the Honduran State have committed serious human rights violations. "
Arbitrary arrests, systematic persecution of the independent press, extrajudicial killings, inhuman, degrading physical and psychological torture, death threats, unlawful evictions and persecution of deputies, mayors, judges and prosecutors opposed the coup of June 28, Some of the alleged violations.
Both entities have incurred they consider "criminal responsibility" the de facto president, Roberto Micheletti, General Romeo Vasquez Velasquez, head of the joint chiefs, the director general of police, Salomon Escoto Salinas Jesus, the security adviser to the government facto Améndola Billy Joya, the president of the Supreme Court, Jorge Alberto Rivera Aviliz, the state attorney general, Luis Alberto Rubi Avila and National Congress President Jose Saavedra Alkfredo Peace.
Remember that the crime of political persecution is a crime against humanity and therefore the ICC's jurisdiction.
Reporting from Mexico City - Honduran forces toting batons and tear gas today dispersed supporters of deposed President Manuel Zelaya, as he holed up for a second day in an embassy in that nation's capital, Tegucigalpa.
Tegucigalpa was largely shut down and its airport closed amid a continuing curfew imposed Monday by the interim government after Zelaya slipped back into Honduras and took shelter at the Brazilian embassy.
There were no immediate reports of injuries after helmeted Honduran troops surrounded the embassy and fired tear gas in order to scatter pro-Zelaya demonstrators. At least two tear-gas canisters were reported to have landed inside the Brazilian compound.
Zelaya's return to the Honduran capital adds a combustible new ingredient to a nation deeply polarized nearly three months after the army whisked him away at gunpoint.
Zelaya said he came back in hopes of finding a breakthrough to the country's political crisis. His move appeared timed to garner international attention at a moment when world leaders are gathered in New York for the opening session of the U.N. General Assembly.
The deposed president condemned the early-morning crackdown and warned of possible harsher actions by the replacement government, which had vowed to arrest Zelaya on an assortment of charges if he returned to Honduras.
Much of the international community appealed for calm, urging both sides to avoid provocative actions. But neither party appeared ready to budge.
In New York, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said he spoke to Zelaya early today and urged him "to be very careful" in order not to give Honduran authorities a reason to employ force.
Lula repeated calls for the interim rulers, including the replacement president, Roberto Micheletti, to step aside.
"You cannot accept that someone who participated in a coup d'etat becomes president," said Lula, who was in New York to attend the U.N. session.
Lula defended his government's decision to provide haven to Zelaya, saying, "Brazil only did what any democratic country should do."
There was no immediate sign of an effort by Honduras' interim rulers to seize Zelaya from the embassy -- an action sure to inflame domestic tensions and invite international condemnation.
Micheletti, who at first denied that Zelaya had managed to reenter the country, promised he would be placed under arrest.
Zelaya was forcibly removed from his residence and spirited to Costa Rica in June after he said he would move ahead with a referendum that has been ruled illegal. His foes said Zelaya planned to use the referendum to pave the way for a second term as president, in violation of the Honduran constitution.
ken.ellingwood@latimes.com
The trade representative in the embassy, confirmed that 5000 protestors were dislodged this morning.
Remember that the crime of political persecution is a crime against humanity and therefore the ICC's jurisdiction.
The FIDH and APDHE announced their request to the ICC investigation the day after the ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya returned unexpectedly to their country and took refuge at the Brazilian embassy.
Micheletti's regime responded by introducing a curfew.
AFPConfirms : Children under siege at the Embassy of Brazil do not eat anything since Monday 21st
Even the cookies are finished and almost no water in the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa, where the deposed president remains refugee Manuel Zelaya after his return to Honduras, accompanied by 300 people, including a dozen children, who have not eaten since Monday .
The number of visitors has increased dramatically at dawn Tuesday after the Honduran military and police surrounded the embassy and expelled thousands of demonstrators gathered around in support of Zelaya.
Several dozen demonstrators managed to enter the embassy, which worsened the shortage of food and water, whose supply was cut off allegedly by order of the de facto regime of Robert Micheletti to force the exit of Zelaya.
"This becomes more chaotic all the time," said the priest Andrés Tamayo told AFP. "We have no food. Some children, like 10 or 12 children, who could not eat. We are in great difficulty, "said Tamayo, a Catholic priest of Salvadoran origin who lives in Honduras 26 years ago, actively engaged in efforts to secure the return of Zelaya in power.
. The Brazilian embassy, which also houses a handful of Brazilian diplomats led by Charge d'Affaires, Rosendeno Francisco, could not get food for their many guests because of a curfew imposed 26 hours Monday afternoon and running until six in the morning of Wednesday.
For this reason, simple biscuits or a glass of water are luxuries. The last thing the journalists who remain in the embassy ate was the breakfast on Monday.
"They do not let the Red Cross because through them we can have food," said Tamayo, who came to the embassy on Monday shortly after noon, unable to leave because of the curfew, and who has not eaten anything yesterday .
Zelaya, who is with his wife, Xiomara Castro and his younger son Jose Manuel, took an office at the embassy where you can sit in a chair, but all other occupants have to sleep on the floor.
"Nobody stayed here, we are alert. Uno se acuesta en el piso, pero se está entre despierto y dormido”, dijo Tamayo, One lies on the floor, but one is between awake and asleep, "said Tamayo, whom the Micheletti regime wants to remove his Honduran nationality, obtained three years ago during the Zelaya government. "We have no food," said Gilberto Contreras, a farmer from El Paraiso, a fertile coffee-producing area on the border with Nicaragua, who arrived in Tegucigalpa on Monday to greet the return of "Mel".
Contreras spent the night with thousands of cheering demonstrators, talking, singing and shouting slogans in favor of whom considered the legitimate president of Honduras, and gained entry to the embassy during the military repression.
Like all visitors to the embassy, the farmer does not eat since Monday. "As the military are outside they do not let us go for food. The worst is for the kids, "Contreras said.
The number of visitors has increased dramatically at dawn Tuesday after the Honduran military and police surrounded the embassy and expelled thousands of demonstrators gathered around in support of Zelaya.
Several dozen demonstrators managed to enter the embassy, which worsened the shortage of food and water, whose supply was cut off allegedly by order of the de facto regime of Robert Micheletti to force the exit of Zelaya.
"This becomes more chaotic all the time," said the priest Andrés Tamayo told AFP. "We have no food. Some children, like 10 or 12 children, who could not eat. We are in great difficulty, "said Tamayo, a Catholic priest of Salvadoran origin who lives in Honduras 26 years ago, actively engaged in efforts to secure the return of Zelaya in power.
. The Brazilian embassy, which also houses a handful of Brazilian diplomats led by Charge d'Affaires, Rosendeno Francisco, could not get food for their many guests because of a curfew imposed 26 hours Monday afternoon and running until six in the morning of Wednesday.
For this reason, simple biscuits or a glass of water are luxuries. The last thing the journalists who remain in the embassy ate was the breakfast on Monday.
"They do not let the Red Cross because through them we can have food," said Tamayo, who came to the embassy on Monday shortly after noon, unable to leave because of the curfew, and who has not eaten anything yesterday .
Zelaya, who is with his wife, Xiomara Castro and his younger son Jose Manuel, took an office at the embassy where you can sit in a chair, but all other occupants have to sleep on the floor.
"Nobody stayed here, we are alert. Uno se acuesta en el piso, pero se está entre despierto y dormido”, dijo Tamayo, One lies on the floor, but one is between awake and asleep, "said Tamayo, whom the Micheletti regime wants to remove his Honduran nationality, obtained three years ago during the Zelaya government. "We have no food," said Gilberto Contreras, a farmer from El Paraiso, a fertile coffee-producing area on the border with Nicaragua, who arrived in Tegucigalpa on Monday to greet the return of "Mel".
Contreras spent the night with thousands of cheering demonstrators, talking, singing and shouting slogans in favor of whom considered the legitimate president of Honduras, and gained entry to the embassy during the military repression.
Like all visitors to the embassy, the farmer does not eat since Monday. "As the military are outside they do not let us go for food. The worst is for the kids, "Contreras said.
Honduran troops break up protests at the refuge of ousted President Manuel Zelaya
As Zelaya holes up in the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa, forces fire tear gas to scatter his supporters.
Reporting from Mexico City - Honduran forces toting batons and tear gas today dispersed supporters of deposed President Manuel Zelaya, as he holed up for a second day in an embassy in that nation's capital, Tegucigalpa.
Tegucigalpa was largely shut down and its airport closed amid a continuing curfew imposed Monday by the interim government after Zelaya slipped back into Honduras and took shelter at the Brazilian embassy.
There were no immediate reports of injuries after helmeted Honduran troops surrounded the embassy and fired tear gas in order to scatter pro-Zelaya demonstrators. At least two tear-gas canisters were reported to have landed inside the Brazilian compound.
Zelaya's return to the Honduran capital adds a combustible new ingredient to a nation deeply polarized nearly three months after the army whisked him away at gunpoint.
Zelaya said he came back in hopes of finding a breakthrough to the country's political crisis. His move appeared timed to garner international attention at a moment when world leaders are gathered in New York for the opening session of the U.N. General Assembly.
The deposed president condemned the early-morning crackdown and warned of possible harsher actions by the replacement government, which had vowed to arrest Zelaya on an assortment of charges if he returned to Honduras.
Much of the international community appealed for calm, urging both sides to avoid provocative actions. But neither party appeared ready to budge.
In New York, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said he spoke to Zelaya early today and urged him "to be very careful" in order not to give Honduran authorities a reason to employ force.
Lula repeated calls for the interim rulers, including the replacement president, Roberto Micheletti, to step aside.
"You cannot accept that someone who participated in a coup d'etat becomes president," said Lula, who was in New York to attend the U.N. session.
Lula defended his government's decision to provide haven to Zelaya, saying, "Brazil only did what any democratic country should do."
There was no immediate sign of an effort by Honduras' interim rulers to seize Zelaya from the embassy -- an action sure to inflame domestic tensions and invite international condemnation.
Micheletti, who at first denied that Zelaya had managed to reenter the country, promised he would be placed under arrest.
Brutal represión contra anciana
Zelaya was forcibly removed from his residence and spirited to Costa Rica in June after he said he would move ahead with a referendum that has been ruled illegal. His foes said Zelaya planned to use the referendum to pave the way for a second term as president, in violation of the Honduran constitution.
ken.ellingwood@latimes.com
No Water, No Power, No Phone for Brazilian Embassy
Today's Tiempo finally woke up, and reports that the electricity, water, and phone service to the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa has been shut off by the de facto government of Roberto Micheletti. The Brasilian chancellor, because the ambassador was recalled to Brasilia, asked for help from the US Embassy in Honduras. Right now they have a generator and fuel, but have asked the US Embassy for diesel for the generator.The trade representative in the embassy, confirmed that 5000 protestors were dislodged this morning.
U.S. calls for Honduras calm, dialogue
WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- Supporters of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya clashed with police in Tegucigalpa Tuesday, leaving several demonstrators injured.
Police arrest more than 200 people outside the Brazilian embassy in the Honduran capital where Zelaya sought refuge this week when he entered the country, El Heraldo newspaper reported.
The Honduran leader was arrested and deported in June after a dispute over his bid to hold a referendum that would have allowed him to remain in office beyond the end of his term in January. Zelaya was replaced by interim President Roberto Micheletti in what Zelaya labeled a coup and Tegucigalpa officials called a legal response.
The United Stated called on all parties "to remain calm and avoid actions that might provoke violence in Honduras and place individuals at risk or harm," the U.S. State Department said in a statement.
"Above all, we stress the need for dialogue," State Department spokesman Ian Kelly read from the statement.
The United States also urged all parties to respect "the inviolability of the embassy of Brazil in Tegucigalpa and the individuals on its premises."
Kelly confirmed that water and electricity to the Brazilian embassy were cut off.
U.S. officials in Tegucigalpa have been in contact with their Brazilian counterparts, Kelly said during a news briefing in Washington.
"(We're) discussing what kind of assistance that we can ... provide to help them during this ... crisis," Kelly said. "It's a very sensitive situation there on the ground."
TEGUCIGALPA, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) - One hundred and forty-three people were detained and 18 others injured when police dislodged supporters of ousted Honduran president Manuel Zelaya from the front of the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa, where Zelaya is staying, the police said.
Honduran police spokesman Daniel Molina said the detainees were taken to the sports center "Jose Simon Azcona" in the northeast of Tegucigalpa.
Police and soldiers used tear gas and gum shoots to disperse the protesters. Police said some detainees were detained for violating the curfew.
Molina said that officials from the Honduran National Commission of Human Rights (Conadeh) and the Human Rights Prosecutor's Office went to the sports center.
"There are more than 140 detainees, among them three minors, but there is staff of human rights who are guaranteeing the police actions were legal and in the right form," Molina added.
Molina said that the 18 injured were taken to the School Hospital of Tegucigalpa. Three of them will need minor surgeries due to their injures.
"There are people who during the demonstration made vandalize acts and they are detained. A total of 49 were taken to the correspondent prosecutor office to prove their responsibility," Molina said.
Police in Honduras have clashed with supporters of ousted president Manuel Zelaya, who has returned to his country's capital. Riot police had to use used tear gas to break up the rally.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- Supporters of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya clashed with police in Tegucigalpa Tuesday, leaving several demonstrators injured.
Police arrest more than 200 people outside the Brazilian embassy in the Honduran capital where Zelaya sought refuge this week when he entered the country, El Heraldo newspaper reported.
The Honduran leader was arrested and deported in June after a dispute over his bid to hold a referendum that would have allowed him to remain in office beyond the end of his term in January. Zelaya was replaced by interim President Roberto Micheletti in what Zelaya labeled a coup and Tegucigalpa officials called a legal response.
The United Stated called on all parties "to remain calm and avoid actions that might provoke violence in Honduras and place individuals at risk or harm," the U.S. State Department said in a statement.
"Above all, we stress the need for dialogue," State Department spokesman Ian Kelly read from the statement.
The United States also urged all parties to respect "the inviolability of the embassy of Brazil in Tegucigalpa and the individuals on its premises."
Kelly confirmed that water and electricity to the Brazilian embassy were cut off.
U.S. officials in Tegucigalpa have been in contact with their Brazilian counterparts, Kelly said during a news briefing in Washington.
"(We're) discussing what kind of assistance that we can ... provide to help them during this ... crisis," Kelly said. "It's a very sensitive situation there on the ground."
143 detained, 18 injured for protests supporting Honduras' Zelaya |
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Honduran police spokesman Daniel Molina said the detainees were taken to the sports center "Jose Simon Azcona" in the northeast of Tegucigalpa.
Police and soldiers used tear gas and gum shoots to disperse the protesters. Police said some detainees were detained for violating the curfew.
Molina said that officials from the Honduran National Commission of Human Rights (Conadeh) and the Human Rights Prosecutor's Office went to the sports center.
"There are more than 140 detainees, among them three minors, but there is staff of human rights who are guaranteeing the police actions were legal and in the right form," Molina added.
Molina said that the 18 injured were taken to the School Hospital of Tegucigalpa. Three of them will need minor surgeries due to their injures.
"There are people who during the demonstration made vandalize acts and they are detained. A total of 49 were taken to the correspondent prosecutor office to prove their responsibility," Molina said.
Ongoing violence in Honduras recalls Pinochet’s Chile”
23 September, 2009, 02:26
Amid ongoing violence in Honduras, police are reportedly torturing people at a national stadium. Many see in this situation memories of Augusto Pinochet’s regime, says Adrienne Pine of American University in Cairo. At the moment, Zelaya is staying at the Brazilian embassy after that country promised to provide him with safe accommodations. His supporters staged demonstrations outside the embassy, ignoring a curfew imposed by the government.
Leaders at the UN have universally condemned the military coup and the ongoing violence, which some experts believe may escalate.
“There is more violence and it’s all going in one direction – it’s from the state against the people of Honduras. And the symbolism is terrifying, in fact what they are doing right now is rounding people up and bringing them to the national baseball stadium where there have been reports of torturing those people being detained. And this is a direct reference to Pinochet’s Chile and everybody in Latin America is quite aware of what’s going on,” says Adrienne Pine, an assistant professor at American University in Cairo.
rECIÉN NACIDA AFECTADA POR GASES LACRIMÓGENOS, LA GENTE REZA DENTRO DE SUS CASAS ATERRORIZADA POOR EL RÉGIMEN REPRESIVO
Leaders at the UN have universally condemned the military coup and the ongoing violence, which some experts believe may escalate.
“There is more violence and it’s all going in one direction – it’s from the state against the people of Honduras. And the symbolism is terrifying, in fact what they are doing right now is rounding people up and bringing them to the national baseball stadium where there have been reports of torturing those people being detained. And this is a direct reference to Pinochet’s Chile and everybody in Latin America is quite aware of what’s going on,” says Adrienne Pine, an assistant professor at American University in Cairo.
rECIÉN NACIDA AFECTADA POR GASES LACRIMÓGENOS, LA GENTE REZA DENTRO DE SUS CASAS ATERRORIZADA POOR EL RÉGIMEN REPRESIVO
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