Over 700 Assaults in Honduras
TEGUCIGALPA - The Committee of Relatives of
the Detained and Disappeared in Honduras (COFADEH)
denounced more than 700 politically
motivated attacks countrywide since January
30 this year.
The document was released by Mary Agurcia, a
COFADEH leader, at the conference of the
Honduran Human Rights Platform held in the
headquarters of the organization of Women in
Arts.
According to Agurcia, after Porfirio Lobo
took office 12 murders for political
reasons, two attacks, 63 death threats, 76
intimidation and persecution and 53 arrests.
In spite of reports presented to the Public
Prosecutor's Office, almost all of these
cases remain unpunished.
The document also shows the attacks against
media saff opposed to the coup of June 28.
According to the document, so far this year
six journalists have been murdered, 15
threatened, three had to leave the country
and a local radio station was closed.
COFADEH also reported several cases of
burglaries, sexual assaults, torture and
kidnapping.
Zelaya, who is in the Dominican Republic at
present, ruled out the possibility of
returning to Honduras for the lack of
guarantees for the respect of his rights.
The Committee of Relatives of the Detained
and Disappeared in Honduras regretted the
impunity in the country and the appointment
of military officers in charge of civil
institutions.
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