Repression against the Honduran People

Publicado: 23 Septiembre 2009
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 Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya returned to the capital city of Honduras—Tegucigalpa—on September 21 and took refuge in the Brazilian Embassy.



Manuel Zelaya was overthrown and forced to leave the country on June 28 by military officers, who sent him to Costa Rica, and since then, he has been travelling around various countries to seek support for his reinstatement and the condemnation of Micheletti’s de facto government.



The leaders of the Resistance Front urgently called on all President Zelaya’s supporters to go to the capital city to support and protect the ousted Honduran president. They reacted swiftly; in the afternoon, a large number of citizens from all over the country arrived at the Brazilian Embassy and let President Zelaya know that they would not leave until he was successfully reinstated in office.



On Tuesday, September 22, the National Police and the Armed Forces of Honduras strongly repressed Zelaya’s followers outside the Embassy.



Reliable sources have reported that as a result of this repressive attack, 60 people were injured and one person was killed—a trade union leader from the National Agricultural Institute, whose name has not been confirmed yet.



According to this report, the police and the army have turned the Olympic Villa and the Sosa Olympic Stadium facilities into concentration camps where hundreds of people are being held as detainees.



UNI americas is keeping a close watch over this situation, supporting its affiliates while urging the Micheletti administration to cease all acts of repression against the Honduran people and violations of human rights as well as to ensure the physical integrity of ousted President Manuel Zelaya and the officials of the Brazilian Embassy in Tegucigalpa, in order to prevent the country’s crisis from worsening even further.



We extend our solidarity to the Honduran people



More information: marvin.largaespada@uniglobalunion.org