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<b><span
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Terrorism
against the resistance movement contradicts discourse of reconciliation
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Feb.
5, 2010 COFADEH<o:p></o:p></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The
state terrorism which has been
implemented since June 28, 2009 against the people of Honduras in the
form of
selective crimes, political persecution and other human rights
violations
contradicts the discourse of reconciliation and the installation of a
Truth
Commission.<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">For
the Committee of the Families of
the Detained and Disappeared of Honduras, (COFADEH), the current regime
is
seeking to clean up an image that has been flooded with blood and
terror by
presenting itself as a government of reconciliation to the
international
community.<o:p></o:p></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">However,
this is not reality.<span style=""> </span>As wine is sipped in
elegant hotels, the
story of those who carried out the coup is heard and of those who now
carry out
their orders regarding the establishment of a Truth Commission.<span
style=""> </span>Outside, there are kidnappings,
assassinations and the refinement of perverse strategies to dismantle
the
resistance which has been sustained since the coup d’état and advances
in its
objective of a National Constituent Assembly in order to draft a new
Constitution.
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <o:p></o:p></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Every
effort is being made to white
wash the coup d’état.<span style=""> </span>Last week, an
amnesty was approved that is a monstrous maneuver to cover the crimes
of those
who responsible for human rights violations. <o:p></o:p></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">There
is a dire situation in the
country in terms of human rights violations. The following cases are
just a
sample of the emergency that we are living with respect to fundamental
rights: <o:p></o:p></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Feb.
2, 2010 – Two young cameramen,
Manuel de Jesus Murillo Varela and Ricardo Rodriquez were temporarily
kidnapped
by police officers dressed as civilians and taken to a clandestine
jail.<span style=""> </span>They were hooded and lost
consciousness due to asphyxiation.<span style=""> </span>They
were threatened with having their toes and then heads cut off if they
did not
respond to questioning regarding arms and money. <o:p></o:p></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The
same evening, members of the
resistance, Ariel Lobo and Ricardo Dominquez, were captured by
preventative
police and taken to the Manchen station.<span style="">
</span>They were also interrogated regarding the possession of arms. In
August
of 2009, Ariel Lobo was the victim of a kidnapping attempt on the part
of the
army and heavily armed men in civilian dress.<o:p></o:p></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Feb.
3, 2010 – Vanessa Zepeda, a 29
year old nurse, active member of the resistance and union organizer,
left her
home at 2pm.<span style=""> </span>Her body was later dumped
out of a vehicle in the Loarque neighborhood between 6:30 and 7pm.<span
style=""> </span>Vanessa was the mother of three children; the
youngest is 4 months old.<o:p></o:p></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">January,
2010 – Blas Lopez, a
teacher and leader of the Pech ethnic group, was murdered in the
village of
Carbonal.<span style=""> </span>He was an active member of the
resistance. <o:p></o:p></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Crimes
and persecution against the
peasant of the Unified Movement of the Aguan, MUCA, continued.<o:p></o:p></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">In
addition, the Security Minister,
Oscar Alvarez in collaboration with Public Ministry officials,
continues to
carry out early morning searches of homes that are a violation of human
rights.<o:p></o:p></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">COFADEH
demands that the
international community remain steadfast in the struggle against
impunity and
not be deceived.<span style=""> </span>We ask that you continue
to accompany the people of Honduras in our search for freedom, justice
and
truth. <o:p></o:p></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">(translated
by the Quixote Center) <o:p></o:p></span>
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