Friday, December 4, 2009

Amnesty International denounces harassment of Honduran anti-coup judges



05:28 PM Tegucigalpa .- Amnesty International (AI) denounced in Tegucigalpa  judges being harassed who expressed their opposition to the coup of 28 June and that the military is deciding what is done in human rights in the country. 

"Today is harassment, harassment, key points of the rule of law, such as judges," he said at a press conference Javier Zuniga, head of a delegation of AI found in Honduras since last week to make an "inventory" of those affected by the coup against Manuel Zelaya. 

"At the moment I speak several judges appearing before the Supreme Court in a disciplinary committee for expressing their opposition to the coup and some of them have been in the vicinity of any demonstration," he said. 

According to the activist, ending his mission tomorrow, Friday, the Armed Forces "are at the moment (...) determining what is done in human rights." 

Zuniga reported killed yesterday, Wednesday, a 32 year old man who was in a coma since last Friday, when he was shot in the head with his vehicle after passing a military checkpoint, and he said he received a visit two soldiers after leaving the operating room, Efe said .. 

"We will follow as a model to see what happens," he said about the incident, which, according to AI-warning came without a military, while a military spokesman said he consulted by Efe was because he did not stop in the control and driving at an excessive speed. 

The activist group Human rights advocate called a "process of accountability for everything that has happened in this country about the political crisis, which, in his opinion," must be investigated by an independent authority be respected. " 

In addition, "must begin immediately the process of repairing the damage created by the coup, bodily harm, damage to the rule of law, damage to the credibility of institutions," he said. 

"People do not want or going to complain because it has no confidence in the Police or the Human Rights Ombudsman," he added. 

With several rubber bullets and tear gas on the table empty, Zuniga complained about the use of the media by police who are unable to use, and lack of training doctors to treat the wounded of chemicals. 

"We demand that these statistics are established," he said, stressing that there are no reports on the number of injured, detained and killed in the context of the conflict and ensure that "many arrests have been registered".

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