[HNA] AFLCIO Pres.Trumka's letter to Hilary Clinton-- Free Elections Not Possible Now in Honduras - due to "violent repression of political opposition" by the "Illegitimate government" now in power

[Simon Rios]

 *Labor leader's letter to Hilary Clinton: Nov. 16, 2009: Oppose Elections
as long as repressive "illegitimate government" is in power*
*Trumka: Free Elections Not Possible Now in Honduras*

By James Parks
AFL-CIO blog
November 16, 2009

http://blog.aflcio.org/2009/11/16/trumka-free-elections-not-possible-now-in-honduras/

The continued repression of trade unionists by the
regime set up in Honduras after a June 28 coup makes it
impossible to hold free and fair elections, says AFL-
CIO President Richard Trumka in a Nov. 13 letter to
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Trumka points out that delegates to the AFL-CIO
Convention in September passed a resolution calling on
the U.S. government to suspend military aid to Honduras
until President Manuel Zelaya, the democratically
elected leader, is returned to office and human and
trade union rights have been restored.

Click here to read the convention resolution on
Honduras and here to read Trumka's letter.
(Go to the above URL)

*With an illegitimate government in power, scheduled
elections later this month cannot be fair, free and
open, Trumka says.

The violent and coercive repression of political
opposition to the de facto coup regime, including trade
unionists, has continued. At least 12 trade unionists
have died in the violence since June 28.* National and
international human rights organizations report *ongoing
human rights violations committed by state security
forces, including killings, severe beatings, sexual
violence, the imprisonment and torture of activists, as
well as the arrest and detention of President Zelaya's
supporters.
*
*Trumka calls on Clinton and the U.S. government to
oppose national elections in Honduras unless Zelaya is
reinstated and to implement the recommendations in the
AFL-CIO resolution.
*





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