Honduras: We Refuse To Go Back (Video)

[Derechos]

The coup in Honduras has all but been forgotten these days, but the people’s struggle there goes on. Jose Alcoff was there recently, and contributed this exclusive report recapping the turmoil, and checking in with the social movements there about what’s happening next.

http://lauraflanders.firedoglake.com/2010/02/24/honduras-we-refuse-to-go-back/

[Wilms]

1. Excellent report.

Thanks for posting.

Dig the guy at the end of the video asking people in the US to petition the government to leave Haiti alone, saying that if the US doesn't interfere in Honduras, the people win "easily".

[EFerrari]

2. Did you notice that the resistance is still being called "Zelaya supporters'

in our whore media to marginalize them?

[Derechos]

3. HONDURAS: No Calm for Lobo on Home Front

Related article - http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=50470

[protocol rv]

4. Inter American Human Rights Commission Statement about Honduras

The Inter-American Human Rights Commission has complained about the human rights problems they have observed in Honduras, and in particular about the so called Amnesty law.

http://www.cidh.org/Comunicados/English/2010/14-10eng.htm

"...the Commission observes with concern that the Amnesty Decree approved by the Honduran Congress on January 26, 2010, contains concepts that are confusing or ambiguous. The Commission observes, along these lines, the doctrinaire reference made to political crimes, the amnesty for conduct of a terrorist nature, and the inclusion of the concept of abuse of authority with no indication of its scope. Although the text contemplates certain exceptions in terms of human rights violations, the language is ambiguous, and the decree does not establish precise criteria or concrete mechanisms for its application.

Due to the foregoing, the Commission urges Honduran authorities to review the decree, taking into account the State's obligations in light of international treaties, especially the obligation to investigate and punish serious human rights violations.

A principal, autonomous body of the Organization of American States (OAS), the IACHR derives its mandate from the OAS Charter and the American Convention on Human Rights. The Commission is composed of seven independent members who act in a personal capacity, without representing a particular country, and who are elected by the OAS General Assembly."