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Arrests and Militarization Precede Honduran
Elections
TEGUCIGALPA - News media closures, illegal
detentions and militarization increase,
portray todayâ�Ös panorama in Honduras just
8 days from the illegal elections called by
the de facto regimen.
In the last hours the television channel 36
was taken off the air, one of the main press
elements opposed to the June 28 Coup dâ�ÖEtat
against President Manuel Zelaya.
"We hold the regime chief Roberto Micheletti
responsible for this new interruption" the
channelâ�Ös head, Esdras Amado Lopez said
and he specified the signal was substituted
by porno and cowboy films.
Meanwhile, Dina Meza from the Committee of
Relatives of Missing Prisoners, revealed
night arrests accomplished by the security
forces in capital districts.
Several young people playing in the Lempiraâ�Ös
court and others from Bella Vista
neighbourhood were arrested and beaten, Meza
informed.
Leaders of the National Front against the
Coup dâ�ÖEtat and Human Right defenders
warned of the fierce repressions planned by
the coup for the elections day.
According to the Civic Council of Popular
and Indigenous Organizations, the army sent
troops to all departments and 800
mercenaries were dispersed in the southwest
with the aim of suppressing any movement.
The Armed Forces are scattered all over the
country, for this there are 11 military
regions and every commander is responsible
of the security of his region and they have
instructions and ways to operate", he
notified.
These forces demanded the mayors to make a
list of the people who they considered are
enemies of the electoral process to
neutralize them and the district attorneyâ�Ös
office order the 530 prosecutors in the
country to be ready to chase them.
The democratically-elected President, Manuel
Zelaya, who from his returning to the
country has stayed in the Brazilian Embassy,
inquired the elections to be postponed until
the institutional order is restored. |
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