Threats, Detentions, Persecutions Prior to Honduran Polls
Tegucigalpa, Nov 22, (PL).- The Committee of Relatives of the Detained and Disappeared in Honduras (COFADEH) has denounced a rise in death threats, detentions and persecutions against opponents of the coup prior to the November 29 elections.
A release from that organization expresses concern for the deterioration of human rights and alert the international community the dictatorship prepares a fierce repression against the people before and during the November 29 polls.
The unusual deployment of the army's soldiers, police and paramilitary groups to guard polling stations is an evidence of that, COFADEH stated.
Meanwhile, the leader of the de facto regime Roberto Micheletti has threatened to severely punish those who call not to vote in elections. The polling has been termed illegal by the Front against the Coup d'Etat, a vast alliance of people's organizations.
The governments of Guatemala and Ecuador have ratified this weekend they will not accept results of the elections without the re-establishment of the constitutional order.
Zelaya was kidnapped by hooded soldiers who forcibly took him away to Costa Rica on June 28.
After two unsuccessful attempts to return to Honduras, the statesman finally managed to enter the country by surprise last September 21. Since then he has stayed at the Brazilian embassy, surrounded by a strong police and military force.
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