Honduras: Intimidation of media workers and protestors rising

03.07.09 - 23:24 ... source : Amnesty International

... 3 July 2009 Amnesty International denounced an escalation in human rights abuses in Honduras and urged the security forces to respect the rule of law and human rights when the President returns to Honduras at the weekend. Recent reports suggest that journalists who have published news stories on the crisis or covering the issue of protests and scores of detentions have been intimidated. Prosecutors have also reported threats on account of their attempts to verify human rights abuses during protests. In another case, six protestors were arrested and conditionally released on charges of rebellion in El Progreso. Amnesty International believes they were peaceful protestors and that the charges against them are simply intended to punish them for protesting. The organization has also received reports of attacks on national and local radio stations. A grenade was found at the premises of Radio America and at least 15 gu ...» Next (HTML)