Reply #9: Honduran Crisis Explodes: Persecution and Panic-Buying Under Coup Crackdown [View All]

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Honduran Crisis Explodes: Persecution and Panic-Buying Under Coup Crackdown
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Honduran-Crisis-Explodes--by-Laura-Carlsen-090924-473.html


By Laura Carlsen

The Honduran coup has dropped all pretenses of legality over the past few days as it enters into a phase of desperate repression since the return of President Manuel Zelaya on Sept. 21 and the surge in grassroots mobilization against the coup.

The resistance march yesterday reported many detained, beaten and chased. Photos reveal the brutality of the torture that arrested demonstrators have undergone. Neighborhoods in Tegucigalpa report that military tanks have been moved in to break up groups of protesters. The Armed Forces have threatened movement leaders and are targeting teachers and youths.

The coup regime lifted the general curfew for several hours yesterday, leading to panic-buying and a run on banks. The curfew was then imposed again "indefinitely", causing even greater panic. Following pressure from the U.S. government and others, the increasingly erratic coup regime lifted the curfew today.

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