Sunday, December 6, 2009

Gunmen burst into Newspaper El Libertador's building




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Defensoresenlinea.com [see note]
Two men entered empistolados abruptly in the newspaper The Liberator, bringing staff to a bathroom, while they searched the place and stood with a computer and a camera, this Saturday morning in the capital.

The theft of information from organizations that are directly against the coup is taking place a week ago.

This is a very traditional action of the security forces and paramilitaries, which are strategically designed to disrupt the resistance.

On Saturday at about 10 and thirty in the morning, Jhony Lagos, Director of the media and Brayan Flores, took to drink coffee, but after five minutes of his departure, the two strangers entered, one of whom threatened a young man from the entrance, while the other went to the back of the room, loaded his gun to intimidate two journalists and a graphic designer who locked herself in the bathroom.

Lagos reported that one of the girls testified that he was groped by one subject, which proceeded not only to take the computer where the information was editing to publish The Liberator, but registered a case of journalist Flores, as if for something.

The Liberator is being harassed since the coup on 28 June before, its director had relief granted by the Interamerican Commission on Human Rights, IACHR, the danger to its integrity física.Lagos reported product of that harassment had to bring the newspaper to the other side where they were operating clandestinely, but assume they have been followed up and gave to the place where they are.

Journalists Lakes and Flowers defensoresenlinea.com informed and a delegation of the Committee of Relatives of Detained and Disappeared in Honduras, COFADEH, who showed you the place of facts, who had for several nights, several policemen roamed the area and unknown vehicles without plates and with tinted windows remained in the surrounding area.

In an attempt to keep a low profile Lagos said he decided to stay somewhere where does a cyber cafe, until they reached the two men wearing sports clothing and one had a cap of rap, the latter entered the premises on the pretext make a phone call outside, but when the person attending him said he was not valid, the phone, pulled out a gun with which he threatened.

Two nights ago came about eight policemen and two military sector where the staff of El Libertador. Lagos said that as part of their investigations have requested statistics on deaths of persons by police in the past three years by making use of the Law on Access to Information, but no results have been obtained.

Interestingly, when Bryan returned from the Metropolitan Police, which brought the number one complaint about the events, a man followed him and asked him "you're from El Libertador", to which no reply, but the stranger insisted and told him not because he was afraid of resistencia.Además asked when they would leave the issue of The Liberator and if we were going to get statistics, to which I replied that he knew, said Flores.

The question asked by the stranger agrees with the statistics that are asking the policía.Flores reported that a few days ago has been found to strangers who stare and face violence while Jhony, the son of the Liberator reported that is being persecuted by cars without license plates.

These events are in addition to the constant threats received by Jhony Lakes, as well as harassment of the newspaper people and the kidnapping of Membreño Delmer, who was the editor of the newspaper at that time and who was also tortured by four masked men, who burned his face with cigarettes and punched him. View entire case.

Continuous monitoring of Jhony Lagos and his entire staff is very concerned that hostile actions are becoming stronger and could soon threaten the life of him, though the IACHR asked the Honduran State to take all necessary measures to protect life, until now there has been no.

Besides the computer and camera, the strangers proceeded to rob the money to people and taking their celulares.Jhony Lagos also said 15 days ago in a cafe met with delegates of the Inter American Press Association, IAPA, a foundation Netherlands Human Rights and Reporters without Borders, and were monitored for about three strangers.

This action is in addition to confiscation of equipment and media raid Radio Globo and Channel 36, leaving a lot of vulnerability in Freedom of Expression and Información.Vea more shares of harassment against the Liberator:

Prepare an arrest warrant against Jhony Lagos

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