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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:windowtext'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b>
presente-honduras-bounces+tmeza=somervillecdc.org@lists.mayfirst.org
[mailto:presente-honduras-bounces+tmeza=somervillecdc.org@lists.mayfirst.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Alexander Main<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> </span></font><st1:date
Month="3" Day="1" Year="2010"><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:windowtext'>Monday, March 01,
2010</span></font></st1:date><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:windowtext'> </span></font><st1:time
Hour="10" Minute="59"><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:windowtext'>10:59 AM</span></font></st1:time><font
size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:windowtext'><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> </span></font><st1:PersonName><font
size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:windowtext'>presente-honduras@lists.mayfirst.org</span></font></st1:PersonName><font
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Presente-Honduras] WOLA
statement on HR violations in </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font
size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Tahoma;color:windowtext'>Honduras</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.wola.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=viewp&id=1065&Itemid=8"><strong><b><font
face="Times New Roman"><span style='letter-spacing:4.0pt'>WASHINGTON OFFICE ON
LATIN AMERICA</span></font></b></strong></a><br>
<em><i><font face="Times New Roman">Promoting Human Rights, Democracy, and
Social and Economic Justice in </font></i></em></span></font><st1:place><em><i><font
face="Times New Roman">Latin America</font></i></em></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><st1:date Month="2"
Day="24" Year="2010"><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>February 24, 2010</span></font></st1:date><br>
<st1:place><st1:City>Washington</st1:City>, <st1:State>DC</st1:State></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;text-align:center'><strong><b><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></b></strong>
<strong><b><font face="Times New Roman">WOLA Deplores Escalation of Human
Rights Violations in </font></b></strong><st1:country-region><st1:place><strong><b><font
face="Times New Roman">Honduras</font></b></strong></st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The
Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) is deeply concerned about the
escalation of severe human rights violations in </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place>Honduras</st1:place></st1:country-region>.
WOLA calls for an end to these attacks, for a thorough investigation of these
criminal acts and for the perpetrators to be brought to justice.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Immediately
following the inauguration of Porfirio Lobo on January 27, there has been a
notable increase in attacks against people opposed to the June 28 coup
d’état and their family members. They include: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>On February 24,
Claudia Larissa Brizuela, a member of the opposition movement and mother
of two, was murdered inside of her home by unidentified
intruders. Her father, Pedro Brizuela, is a prominent opposition
politician and journalist. <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>On February 15,
Julio Benitez, a member of the workers’ union (SANAA), was murdered
outside of his home in a drive-by shooting in Colonia Brisas de
Olancho. <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>On February 12,
Hermes Reyes, a member of an opposition group, was kidnapped and beaten by
three paramilitaries. That same day, men who identified themselves
as police looted the home of Porfirio Ponce, a union organizer and
opposition activist. <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>On February 10, a
family of five in </span></font><st1:City><st1:place>San Pedro Sula</st1:place></st1:City>
was abducted for five days. Two of the women were raped and all five were
tortured. All are active members of the political opposition
movement. <o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>In early February,
two reporters were kidnapped by paramilitaries in </span></font><st1:City><st1:place>Tegucigalpa</st1:place></st1:City>.
The paramilitaries physically abused the reporters and demanded that they
divulge information about the opposition movement. <o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>“The
respect for human rights deteriorated following the coup d’état on </span></font><st1:date
Month="6" Day="28" Year="2009">June 28, 2009</st1:date>. Even the US
Government has acknowledged this and it is alarming that it is continuing under
the new government,” stated Vicki Gass, a Senior Associate on Rights and
Development who lived in <st1:country-region><st1:place>Honduras</st1:place></st1:country-region>
for two years following Hurricane Mitch. WOLA warns that continued human
rights violations and pervasive impunity will undermine the government’s
goal of rebuilding trust in democratic institutions and embolden perpetrators
of political violence. “If President Lobo wants international recognition
and aid reinstated after his country was shunned by governments following last
year’s coup, then he needs to get the military back in the barracks and
end these violations,” she added. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Contact:</span></font></b></strong> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Vicki
Gass, Senior Associate on Rights and Development<br>
<a href="mailto:vgass@wola.org">vgass@wola.org</a><br>
202-797-2171<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<pre><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>-- <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Alexander Main<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>International Outreach Associate<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Center for Economic and Policy Research<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><st1:Street><st1:address><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>1611 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 400</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><st1:place><st1:City><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Washington</span></font></st1:City>, <st1:State>DC</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode>20009</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>202 293 5380 x123<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>202 588 1356 fax<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
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