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Threats, Detentions, Persecutions Prior to
Honduran Polls
TEGUCIGALPA - he 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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