ALERT from Honduras: violence taking place as resistance is organizing - conflict could arise and at least 1 death today - watch independent VIDEO

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Update on Honduras Tuesday June 30, 2009 morning. Conversation with Bertha Oliva, director of Comité de Familiares de Detenidos Desaparecidos en Honduras (COFADEH) via telephone from Tegucigalpa. Information shared by a faith-based organization activist in Washington, DC.

1. Situation is very very tense, and turning violent.

2. In the interior of the country, especially in Olancho, the military has been entering homes and violently detaining youth people and has violently dispersed marches, many of them are missing.

3. At least one death in the capital Tegucigalpa.

4. Coup supporters are marching in the streets, defended by the army and police.

5. At this moment the resistance movement is gathering in Tegucigalpa to determine where and how to take the streets.

6. There is an anticipation of violence today, as both pro and con marchers may be in the streets and conflict could arise.

7. The local media refuses to air any comments about the violence taking place in the country and insists that everything is going on normally.

8. Several spokespersons for the coup leaders are well known human rights abusers, such as retired Captain Billy Fernando Joya Amendola. Bertha Oliva calls the coup advisers a line up of the "Gallery of Terror" members.

9. REQUEST FROM BERTHA THAT WE MOBILIZE THE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMUNITY TO DENOUNCE THE FISCAL PATRICIA PONCE AND THE HEAD OF THE NATIONAL COMISSION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, RAMON CUSTODIO. Rather than denounce the abuses of human rights, they are defending the coup government.

Independent press shut down in Honduras

Coup installed president Ricardo Micheletti has suspended constitutional civil rights for all civilians and his temporary goverment has blocked all international press, blocking access to information from foreign news media. Honduran people ignore the international protests against the coup. Troops are taking over streets, violence has started. In this video one can see how the military attacks bypassers and even in front of a hospital they use pepper spray and tear gas bombs!

More videos in Youtube channel ResistenciaHonduras.


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