Monday, 07 Diciembre 2009 21:07
El Libertador[see note]
Two men entered with guns 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.
The Saturday before the stroke of 10:30 am, Johnny 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 them threatened a couple of entry, 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 rotary documents.
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 their physical integrity. Lagos reported that due to the harassment had to carry the newspaper elsewhere, which were operating in a clandestine manner, but assume they have been followed up and gave to the place where they are.
Lakes and Flowers journalists informed a delegation of the Committee of Relatives of Detained and Disappeared in Honduras (COFADEH), who showed the place of the facts, who had for several nights, several policemen roamed the area and strangers in unmarked vehicles 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 the resistance. I also asked when they would leave the issue of The Liberator and if we were going to get statistics, to which I replied that I did not know, "said Flores.
The question asked by the stranger agrees with the statistics that are asking the police. Flores reported that the last few days has been found to strangers who stare and faced violence, while Johnny, the son of the director of THE LIBERATOR reported being persecuted by cars without license plates.
These events are in addition to the constant threats against Johnny 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
Continuous monitoring of Johnny Lakes and all its staff, is of great concern 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 phones. Johnny Lagos also said 15 days ago in a cafe met with delegates of the Inter American Press Association, IAPA, a Netherlands foundation of 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 Information.
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