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Honduran
Resistance
Awarded
Human
Rights
Prize
SAN
SALVADOR
- The
National
Popular
Resistance
Front of
Honduras
received
the
annual
International
Herbert
Anaya
Human
Rights
Prize in
El
Salvador,
awarded
by human
rights
organizations.
Gloria
Anaya,
the
oldest
daughter
of the
slain
human
rights
activist
for whom
the
award is
named,
told
Prensa
Latina
that the
award
ceremony
took
place
during
the
closing
of the
7th
International
Congress
on Human
Rights
at the
University
of El
Salvador.
Herbert
Anaya
Sanabria
was
murdered
by
unidentified
gunmen
on
October
26,
1987,
when he
was
president
of the
nongovernmental
Human
Rights
Commission
of El
Salvador
(CDHES).
The
national
version
of the
same
human
rights
prize
was
awarded
to
Monsignor
Romero
Mothers
Committee
(Comadres)
of El
Salvador.
The main
slogan
of the
congress,
held
October
25-26,
was
"Historical
Memory,
Truth
and
Restorative
Justice:
Demands
of the
New
Generations."
The
National
Popular
Resistance
Front of
Honduras
was
created
in
Honduras
by
grassroots
organizations
on June
28,
2009, a
few
hours
after a
military
coup
overthrew
the
constitutionally-elected
president,
Manuel
Zelaya.
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