[CISPES-Alert] Resistance leader in Honduras killed--Call the State Department TODAY!

Thu Feb 25 14:05:11 EST 2010

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ACTION ALERT

CALL-IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE HONDURAN RESISTANCE MOVEMENT

Leader Assassinated Yesterday in Front of Her Two Children, 

Denounce U.S. Support for Repressive State Run by Pepe Lobo 

Today, February 25, 2010 marks an historic date in the struggle for true
democracy and the respect for human rights in Honduras. Tens, maybe
hundreds, of thousands of supporters of the National People’s Resistance
Front (FNRP) will march through the streets of Tegucigalpa to demand that
the largely unrecognized month-old government of Porfirio “Pepe” Lobo halt
its attacks on the peaceful Resistance movement. The FNRP has documented at
least 254 human rights violations, including murder, kidnappings and rape,
since Pepe Lobo took over for the de facto government. 

Just yesterday, FNRP supporter Claudia Larisa Brizuela Rodriguez was gunned
down in her home in San Pedro Sula. Her two young children, ages 2 and 8,
witnessed their mother’s murder.  

Claudia was the daughter of high-profile Resistance leader and Radio Uno
host, Pedro Brizuela. It is believed that Claudia’s cowardly assassination
is meant to intimidate not only the FNRP, but also the independent media.
Radio Uno hosts, including Pedro Brizuela, have consistently denounced the
abuses and corruption of the post-coup governments, and therefore have
become a consistent target of threats. Yesterday those threats became
violent action once again.

Please join us in calling the State Department’s Human Rights desk in order
to demand that our government not continue to ignore systematic human rights
violations. The United States is one of only a handful of governments that
has officially recognized Pepe Lobo’s coup-stained administration, which is
not recognized by the UN, OAS, and the vast majority of Latin America. The
United States is dramatically impeding any progress towards international
human rights by attempting to force others to legitimize the abusive
government of Honduras.

Dial 202-647-4000 and ask for Human Rights Desk at the Bureau of Democracy,
Human Rights, and Labor. Alternately, you can ask to speak to the office of
Maria Otero, Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs, who
coordinates the work of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor.

Sample script:

Hi, my name is ____________ and I am calling because I am deeply concerned
about the human rights situation in Honduras. Just yesterday, Claudia Larisa
Brizuela, activist and daughter of prominent member of the resistance
movement and opposition media personality Pedro Brizuela, was assassinated
in her home in San Pedro Sula in front of her two young children. In recent
weeks, other resistance leaders have been attacked and murdered, amounting
to over 254 documented human rights violations since Porfirio Lobo took
power only a month ago. This represents the continuance of an ongoing policy
of state terrorism and aggression that began after the July 28th coup
d’etat.

The U.S. has not supported democracy in Honduras through this crisis. I
understand that the U.S. split from a regionally unified position on the
Honduran coup in supporting a transition that did not require the return of
President Zelaya or hold any of the coup-perpetrators accountable for their
actions. The U.S. also split from the majority of Latin America by
recognizing the fraudulent November 29th elections that took place under
conditions of martial law. While the U.S. may never repair the damage done
by its anti-democratic actions around Honduras, I demand that steps be made
in the correct direction. I ask that the U.S. SOTRONGLY CONDEMN the Lobo
administration for continued human rights violations and call for the
protection of all human rights defenders and media workers in Honduras,
while cutting military aid to the country. I also urge the U.S. to reject
the Lobo administration's proposed Truth Commission, and push for an
independent truth process that would thoroughly investigate the human rights
violations and other crimes committed under the interim government of
Roberto Micheletti, as well as the current administration, instead of simply
whitewashing the coup in Honduras. NO BUSINESS AS USUAL. Thank you.”

This alert was written by allies in the Central American solidarity
movement. For more information about the crisis in Honduras, please visit:

Comunicado about the murder from the FNRP:  http://quotha.net/node/723

The Quixote Center: http://quixote.org/

School of the Americas Watch: http://soaw.org/

Honduras Resiste: http://hondurasresists.blogspot.com/

National Resistance Front Against the Coup (en español):
http://contraelgolpedeestadohn.blogspot.com/

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