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<font face="Arial"><strong><span style="font-size: medium;"><font
color="#ff0000">ACTION ALERT!</font><br>
<br>
</span></strong></font><strong><span style="font-size: medium;"><font
face="Arial">CISPES joins the Alliance for Global Justice, </font></span></strong><strong><span
style="font-size: medium;"><font face="Arial">SOA Watch, </font></span></strong><strong><span
style="font-size: medium;"><font face="Arial">and other members of the
Latin America Solidarity Coalition in denouncing today's coup in
Honduras. CISPES committees are joining rallies at consulates around
the country to demand the reinstatement of the democratically elected
Honduran president.</font></span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></strong><big><br>
</big><strong><span style="font-size: medium;"><font face="Arial"><big>Call
the State Department and the White House!</big><br>
<br>
Demand that they call for the immediate reinstatement of Honduran
President Zelaya.<br>
<br>
State Department: 202-647-4000 or 1-800-877-8339<br>
White House: Comments: 202-456-1111, Switchboard: 202-456-1414 <br>
<br>
<i>Here are statements by other members of the Organization of American
States: </i></font></span></strong><strong><span
style="font-size: medium;"><font face="Arial"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://americasmexico.blogspot.com/2009/06/oas-countries-back-zelaya-calls-for.html">http://americasmexico.blogspot.com/2009/06/oas-countries-back-zelaya-calls-for.html</a><br>
<br>
</font></span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: medium;"><font
face="Arial"><i>Below are updates from Rights Action. More
information coming soon.<br>
</i><br>
</font></span></strong>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">ALERT #2 -- Military Coup
in Honduras<br>
</span></strong><span style="font-size: medium;">June 28, 2009<br>
</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">DESPITE THE MILITARY COUP
THE HONDURAN PEOPLE ARE DEFENDING THEIR DEMOCRACY<br>
THE CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM POLL CONTINUES</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Democracy in Honduras was violated
by a military coup this morning, but the people of Honduras have come
to the defense constitutional order and democracy in Honduras.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Though the President was forced
into exile in Costa Rica, the goal of stopping the public opinion poll
has not been successful.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Civil society leaders report that
more then 25,000 Honduras are protesting in front of the National
Palace in support of the president, despite reports that the entry and
exits to some towns have been blocked by the military to prevent public
protests.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Though it is reported that in some
areas the ballot boxes have been captured by the military, promoters of
the poll have establish mobile polling stations to defend the ballot
boxes. The military has not been able to occupy all of the country,
and some towns have declared that they will not recognize the authority
of the military imposed government.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Though the President of the
Congress, Roberto Michelletti, read a letter of resignation allegedly
signed by President Zelaya and his cabinet, Zelaya from Costa Rica has
denied signing the letter, as have his cabinet members.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">The Congress the proceeded to name
Roberto Michelletti, a strong opponent of Zelaya, as president de facto.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Governments around the world,
particularly in Latin America, have declared that they will not
recognize any not elected by the population of Honduras.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">The Chancellor of Honduras,
Patricia Rodas, has been kidnapped by the military, in front of member
of the diplomatic corps, and the ambassadors of Venezuela, Cuba and
Nicaragua were kidnapped with her but later released. The whereabouts
of Patricia Rodas are unknown.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">* * * </span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">CONTACT YOUR OWN MEDIA,
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, SENATORS, MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT, TO DEMAND:</span></strong></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;">a return of the constitutional
government</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;">no recognition, whatsoever, of
this military coup and the Congressional appointed ‘de facto’
government of Roberto Michelletti</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;">respect for safety and human
rights of all Hondurans</span></li>
</ul>
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<p><span style="font-size: medium;">ALERT - Military Coup in Honduras<br>
June 28, 2009, 2pm</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">[CONTACT: In Guatemala, Annie Bird
(Rights Action co-director, </span><a
href="mailto:annie@rightsaction.org"><span style="font-size: medium;">annie@rightsaction.org</span></a><span
style="font-size: medium;">, 011-502-5005-1530); in North America,
Grahame Russell (Rights Action co-director, 1-860-751-4285, </span><a
href="mailto:info@rightsaction.org"><span style="font-size: medium;">info@rightsaction.org</span></a><span
style="font-size: medium;">)]</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">On the Day of the National Survey
for Constitutional Reform, the Honduran President Was Captured by the
Military</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">According to reports from national
human rights organizations, at approximately 1am the president of
Honduras, Mel Zelaya and his family were captured by the military. He
was taken to a military airport. He denounced the military coup and
his capture to TeleSur over the telephone from Costa Rica.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">It is also reported that other
members of the government, particularly the ministers, are being
arrested, and that cars with diplomatic license plates are being
stopped and searched to facilitate the detentions.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Robert Michelletti, one of the
strongest opponents of the president and president of the Congress, is
rumored to be backed by the military to assume the presidency.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Communications have been
interrupted. The national press, all strongly opposed to the
president, is silent. Channel 8, established by President Zelaya after
years of press censorship, and was shut down. Community radios have
been cut off.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Nationally the national telephone
system was shut down, and the national energy grid has been shut down
in many areas.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">The national telephone system was
temporarily cut off, and in some areas cellular phones are not longer
operating.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">The military is occupying the
entire county, and has established checkpoints in the entry and exits
of towns, presumably to restrict protesters and possibly to facilitate
detentions.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Despite the military occupation
there are protests throughout the country and repression is being
report.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">We are extremely concerned for the
safety of the human rights organizations that have supported the
President and the efforts for Constitutional Reform.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Currently there are reports of the
military pursuing civil society leaders in the street. COPINH, the
National Council of Indigenous Peoples has strongly backed the
constitutional reform effort. The home of Bertha Caceres, a leader of
COPINH, has been under military and police surveillance for several
days. Today leaders of COPINH have been pursued by the military in the
street, and are in hiding.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">On Tuesday of last week Fabio
Ochoa, the regional coordinator promoting the Constitutional reform
consultations, was shot five times when leaving a television station
after promoting the constitutional reform. He is in intensive care.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">The proposal to draft a new
constitution is the culmination of a series of controversial measures
undertaken in his presidency, which include a significant raise in the
minimum wage, measures to re- nationalize energy generation plants and
the telephone system, signing a bill that vastly improves labor
conditions for teachers, joining the Venezuelan Petrocaribe program
which provides soft loans for development initiatives via petroleum
sales, delaying recognition of the new US ambassador after the Bolivian
government implicated the US embassy in supporting fascist paramilitary
groups destabilizing Bolivia, and others.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">* * * </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">1- please re-distribute this
information to media and your politicians<br>
2- demand respect for safety and human rights of all Hondurans<br>
3- demand a return of the constitutional government</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Funds are needed for emergency
response and legal defense work. Make TAX-DEDUCTIBLE DONATIONS to
Rights Action and mail to:</span></p>
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