Honduras Coup - Day 326 - May 19, 2010
- Stein wraps up day of coup whitewashing in D.C.
By quotha.net : May 19, 2010
Former Guatemalan Vice President and Honduran Truth Commissioner Eduardo Stein wrapped up his day of whitewashing the dire human rights situation in Honduras today, beginning with a public event at 8:30 a.m. at The Inter-American Dialogue, then moving behind closed doors in Congress and at the OAS.
- Porfirio Lobo invites Chávez and Correa to Honduras
By english.eluniversal.com : May 19, 2010
Honduran President Porfirio Lobo said in Madrid that the presidents of Venezuela and Ecuador speak without knowing the reality of the Central American country. Lobo insisted that his country is willing to do whatever necessary to return to the OAS
- Human rights in Honduras: IAHCR expresses "deep concern"
By hondurasculturepolitics.blogspot.com : May 19, 2010
The Inter-American Human Rights Commission (IAHCR, CIDH in Spanish) has just issued a press release following its visit this week to Honduras. The summary: the news is not good: In concluding its visit, the Commission expresses its deep concern over the continuation of human rights violations in the context of the coup d'état that took place in Honduras on June 28, 2009.
- Honduras: Firings Undercut Judicial Independence
By commondreams.org : May 19, 2010
Supreme Court Should Reinstate Judges Immediately
The firing of judges who opposed the 2009 coup is a serious blow to judicial independence in Honduras, Human Rights Watch said today.
- Lobo says ousted president can return to Honduras any time
By expatica.com : May 19, 2010
Honduran President Porfirio Lobo said Wednesday that his ousted predecessor Manuel Zelaya was welcome to return to the country whenever he wanted, and not face prosecution. "President Zelaya can come back to Honduras whenever he wants," he told a news conference after an EU-Central America conference in the Spanish capital.
- Popular Pressure Aborted Micheletti's Visit to Guatemala
By prensa-latina.cu : May 19, 2010
Former Honduras' de facto President Roberto Micheletti suspended his visit to Guatemala due to people's rejection and demonstrations in this capital.
- Half a Million Signatures for Honduran Assembly
By prensa-latina.cu : May 19, 2010
Over half million signatures have been gathered so far by the National People's Resistance Front (FNRP) of Honduras to demand the call for a Constituent Assembly, according to leaders of the movement.
- "They ask for the constituyente": Lobo Sosa
By hondurashumanrights.wordpress.com : May 19, 2010
Porfirio Lobo Sosa, interviewed at length in Proceso Digital, manages to combine exasperation with the resistance-- which reports having obtained half a million signatures in favor of the constitutional assembly-- with a somewhat misleading appearance of reasonableness that echoes ironically with the history of June 28, 2009: "OK! what has to be done is consult the people, and if the people are in accord, the constituyente will be convened..."
- Judges Go on Hunger Strike, Golpistas . . . Ramadan?
By quotha.net : May 19, 2010
Yesterday, the Association of Judges for Democracy initiated a hunger strike in response to the Honduran Supreme Court's removal from office of 4 judges and a public defender. The judges had the gall to challenge the legality of a coup d'etat and extend such rights to coup protesters as habeas corpus, bail, and the opportunity to present an adequate legal defense.
- Honduras drops case against Brazil at World Court over ousted president
By blog.taragana.com : May 19, 2010
The U.N.'s highest court says Honduras has dropped a case accusing Brazil of meddling in its internal affairs by allowing ousted President Manuel Zelaya to stay at one of its embassies in 2009.
- Half a Million Signatures for Honduran Assembly
By insidecostarica.com : May 19, 2010
Over half million signatures have been gathered so far by the National People's Resistance Front (FNRP) of Honduras to demand the call for a Constituent Assembly, according to leaders of the movement.
- Hunger Strike Against Impunity
By hondurashumanrights.wordpress.com : May 19, 2010
The Judges of the Supreme Court decided May 5, 2010 to arbitrarily dismiss Judges Chévez Luis Alonzo de la Rocha, Ramon Enrique Barrios, Guillermo López Adam Lone, and the Judge's Tirza Carmen Flores Lanza, and initiated disciplinary proceedings for their condemnation of the coup and to taking on decisions consistent with constitutional guarantees and protection of human rights of dozens of people arrested during the demonstrations after the break in constitutional order.
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