OEA convokes extraordinary meeting over the situation in Honduras, Micheletti closes Globo, Cholusat

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OEA convoked an extraordinary meeting over the situation in Honduras.
(20 minutes ago)



http://hondurasenlucha.blog... OEA convoca a reunión extraordinaria por situación en #Honduras, #Crisishn, #pazhn, #Zelaya, #ddhh30 minutes ago from web


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Micheletti cierra Canal Cholusat Sur y Radio Globo

Pocas horas después de decretar un virtual estado de sitio, el gobierno de facto silencia a los dos únicos medios audiovisuales que apoyaban a Zelaya

Joaquim Ibarz | Tegucigalpa. Enviado especial | 28/09/2009| Actualizada a las 16:20h | Internacional

Pocas horas después de decretar un virtual estado de sitio, el gobierno de facto de Roberto Micheletti cerró el Canal Cholusat Sur y Radio Globo, los dos únicos medios audiovisuales que apoyaban abiertamente al defenestrado presidente Manuel Zelaya. En la oscuridad de la noche, una patrulla del Ejército allanó y sacó del aire a la emisora Radio Globo y poco después al canal de televisión.


Antes de la llegada de los soldados, los dos medios emitieron comunicados condenado las medidas de excepción decretadas por Micheletti. "Seguiremos desafiando a la dictadura, vamos a salir a las calles a manifestarnos contra los golpistas, los esperamos frente a la Universidad Pedagógica Nacional", dijo un locutor de Radio Globo. "Vamos a seguir informando hasta que el dictador diga "Corten ese canal"", comentó un periodista del Canal Cholusat Sur.

El diario El Heraldo, claramente favorable a Micheletti, titula con grandes caracteres en primera página "Estado de sitio".

"Ante los llamamientos a la insurrección del depuesto presidente Zelaya el Gobierno restringe garantías constitucionales, entre ellas los derechos de libertad personal, libre emisión de pensamiento, libertad de asociación y de unión, libre circulación y los derechos de los detenidos, dejando al país en un estado de sitio", publica El Heraldo.

Sin embargo, pese a lo publicado por El Heraldo, en el decreto del Gobierno no se suspende el artículo 71 que se refiere a los derechos de los detenidos: habeas corpus y puesta en libertad a las 24 horas si no hay una orden judicial. La libertad de circulación sólo afecta durante la aplicación del toque de queda.

El Gobierno aprobó en Consejo de Ministros el decreto 9 que contempla la justificación para el estado de sitio y señala las garantías constitucionales que quedan suspendidas. El decreto fue publicado en el diario oficial La Gaceta el pasado sábado 26 de septiembre.

"Esto no afecta en absoluto el proceso electoral, eso no es así", dijo el ministro de Gobernación, Óscar Matute, al señalar que "el objetivo es salvaguardar la seguridad de las personas y los bienes, pero además evitar que algunos medios de comunicación sigan calumniando, difamando a las personas o haciendo llamados a la insurrección".

El decreto suspende durante 45 días las garantías constitucionales, restringe las libertades de circulación y expresión, prohíbe las reuniones públicas, ordena el desalojo de toda institución pública tomada por manifestantes, anuncia el cierre de medios de comunicación que "ofendan la dignidad humana, a los funcionarios públicos o atenten contra la ley" y advierte de la detención de personas que sean consideradas sospechosas.

El decreto limita las acciones del Frente Nacional de Resistencia Contra el Golpe que reclama la restitución de Zelaya, que regresó clandestinamente el lunes a Honduras y está refugiado en la embajada de Brasil.

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1. Honduras' interim government raids media outlets - AP

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jAkMGKIUDg_ngUiZboxQbYj5_DPwD9B0CGF00


Honduras' interim government raids media outlets

(AP) – 25 minutes ago

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduras' coup-installed government has silenced two key dissident broadcasters hours after it suspended civil liberties to prevent an uprising by backers of ousted President Manuel Zelaya.

Dozens of soldiers raided the offices of Radio Globo on Monday. Officials have also shut down the Channel 36 television station, which is broadcasting only a test pattern.

Interim government spokesman Rene Zepeda says the two outlets have been taken off the air under a government emergency decree announced late Sunday that limits civil liberties and allows authorities to close news media that "attack peace and public order."

It was the second time soldiers have raided Radio Globo since Zelaya was ousted June 28.

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Interim government leaders have suspended constitutionally guaranteed civil liberties in a pre-emptive strike against widespread rebellion Monday, three months to the day since they ousted President Manuel Zelaya in a military-backed coup.

Zelaya supporters said they would ignore the decree issued late Sunday and march in the streets as planned. Some already had arrived in the capital, Tegucigalpa, from outlying provinces.

The measures — announced just hours after Zelaya called on his backers to stage mass protest marches in what he called a "final offensive" against the government — are likely to draw harsh criticism from the international community, which has condemned the June 28 coup and urged that Zelaya be reinstated to the presidency and allowed to serve out his term, which ends in January.

Officials also issued an ultimatum to Brazil on Sunday, giving the South American country 10 days to decide whether to turn Zelaya over for arrest or grant him asylum and, presumably, take him out of Honduras. They did not specify what they would do after the 10 days were up.

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva responded, saying that his government "doesn't accept ultimatums from coup-plotters."

Interim President Roberto Micheletti has pledged not to raid the Brazilian Embassy building where Zelaya has been holed up with more than 60 supporters since he sneaked back into the country a week ago. The building is surrounded by armed police and soldiers. On Tuesday, the day after Zelaya's return, baton-wielding troops used tear gas and water cannons to chase away thousands of his supporters.

Protesters say at least 10 people have been killed since the coup, while the government puts the toll at three.

Interim Foreign Minister Carlos Lopez has said that, because Brazil has broken off diplomatic relations with the interim government, it would have to remove the Brazilian flag and shield from the Embassy "and it (the building) becomes a private office."

The government's suspension of civil liberties violates rights guaranteed in the Honduran Constitution: The decree prohibits unauthorized gatherings and allows police to arrest without a warrant "any person who poses a danger to his own life or those of others."

The Honduran Constitution forbids arrests without warrants except when a criminal is caught in the act.

The government measures also permit authorities to temporarily close news media outlets that "attack peace and public order."

In a nationally broadcast announcement, the government explained it took the steps it did "to guarantee peace and public order in the country and due to the calls for insurrection that Mr. Zelaya has publicly made."

There was no immediate reaction from Zelaya, who is demanding to be reinstated and has said that Micheletti's government "has to fall."

Zelaya's supporters pledged to ignore the restrictions and forge ahead with their scheduled demonstrations.

"The protest is on," said pro-Zelaya leader Juan Barahona. "Tomorrow we will be in the streets."

The media restrictions appear aimed at pro-Zelaya radio and television stations that — while subject to brief raids immediately after the coup — had been allowed to operate freely, openly criticizing the interim government and broadcasting Zelaya's statements.

Under Sunday's order, authorities may now "prevent the transmission by any spoken, written or televised means, of statements that attack peace and the public order, or which offend the human dignity of public officials, or attack the law."

The decree states that the country's national telecommunications commission, known as Conatel, is authorized "through police and the armed forces ... to immediately suspend any radio station, cable or television network whose programming does not comply with these regulations."

Pro-Zelaya television station Channel 36 warned earlier Sunday that restrictions on the news media were coming and said they were part of a pattern by the interim government of quashing constitutional rights.

Micheletti's administration had previously bragged about the democratic atmosphere in the country, citing media outlets such as Channel 36 as proof. The station continued broadcasting without interruption Sunday night.

Talks between Zelaya and interim government officials aimed at resolving the political standoff have gotten nowhere. Prospects for success appeared even grimmer after the government expelled at least four members of an advance team from the Organization of American States who had arrived Sunday to re-establish negotiations.

Micheletti has previously said the OAS was welcome to come, but suggested that representatives begin arriving Monday. Foreign Minister Carlos Lopez said that the team's arrival didn't come "at the right time ... because we are in the middle of internal conversations."

In addition, while many nations have announced they would send diplomatic representatives back to Honduras to support negotiations, the interim government said Sunday that it would not automatically accept ambassadors back from some nations that withdrew their envoys.

Copyright © 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

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2. Google...

Within hours of declaring a virtual state of siege,
the de facto government of the Canal closed Roberto Micheletti
South Cholusat Radio Globo, the only two means
audiovisual openly supporting ousted
President Manuel Zelaya. In the dark of night, a
Army patrol raided and took the air at the station
Radio Globo and shortly after the television station.


Before the arrival of the soldiers, the two media
issued statements condemning the emergency measures
decreed by Micheletti. "We will continue to defy the
dictatorship, we will take to the streets to demonstrate against
the coup, the hope against the University
National Teaching, "an announcer on Radio Globo." We
to continue reporting until the dictator says, "Cut that
channel ', "said a journalist from Channel Cholusat South.

The newspaper El Heraldo, clearly favors Micheletti
titled in large letters on the front page "Statement of
site.

"Given the calls for an uprising of the deposed
President Zelaya restricts government guarantees
constitutional rights including freedom
staff, free expression of thought, freedom of
association and union, free movement and rights of
detainees, leaving the country in a state of siege "

However, despite what was published by The Herald, the decree of the government is not suspended Article 71 which refers to the rights of detainees: habeas corpus and released after 24 hours if there is a court order. Freedom of movement applies only during the implementation of curfew.

The Government approved the Council of Ministers Decree 9 which provides the justification for martial law and states that constitutional guarantees are suspended. The decree was published in the official Gazette on Saturday 26 September.

"This does not affect the electoral process, that is not true," said Interior Minister, Oscar Miller, noting that "the objective is to safeguard the security of persons and property, but also prevent some media continue slandering, defaming people or with a call for insurrection. "
publishes El Heraldo."

The decree suspended for 45 days all constitutional guarantees, restricts the freedoms of movement and expression, bans public gatherings, for the eviction of all public institutions made by protesters, announced the closure of media that "offend against human dignity, the public officials or violate the law "and warns of the detention of persons who might be suspicious.

The decree limits the actions of the National Front of Resistance Against the coup that claimed the restitution of Zelaya, who clandestinely returned to Honduras on Monday and has taken refuge in the Brazilian embassy.



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What is the OEA? I could not find out from the article. Nothing about an emergency meeting in it. The OAS?

[EFerrari]

3. Does anyone know what happened to Telesure in Honduras?

:(

[Downwinder]

4. They are still reporting.

Magbana has a link to their video of the Globo and Channel 36 shutdowns.

[EFerrari]

5. Thank you. My access has been funky all morning. n/t

[rabs]

6. Radio Globo is broadcasting

from a clandestine location in the outskirts of Tegu. Radio commentators getting information from callers since they have no access to reports from news agencies or television.

Globo just reported that a photojournalist was detained by military this morning and tortured with cigarette burns and left on a road outside the capital with a message to the publisher of the resistance newspaper El Libertador -- that he will be killed.

Radio expecting to get soon the OAS resolution via telephone call as I write this (3:19 Eastern)

http://www.radioglobohonduras.com/

To Peace Patriot

OEA = Organizacion de Estados Americanos = OAS.

[EFerrari]

7. I called the Senate Foreign Relations Committee office.

The guy assigned to Honduras is Fulton Armstrong, fyi.

I also called Boxer's office, she's on the Committee and is my Senator. I don't know what else to do from here. Maybe I can send magbana's update to the Los Angeles Greens. They're really good about supporting and passing along the information. :(

[rabs]

8. At the OAS, U.S. blames Zelaya

-- Hillary and company are back to attacking Zeyala, using Lewis Anselem (U.S. ambassador to the OAS).

Anselem said today at the emergency OAS meeting that Zelaya's return without an accord had been "irresponsible and foolish." Anselem said Zelaya was "feeding" the violence, that "he should desist from making inflamatory accusations and agitate as if he were releasing an old movie." :shrug:

He said Zelaya and those who facilitated his return would be responsible for any actions by Zelaya's followers.

Anselem also critized the golpistas, but not for the violence against the resistance, the Brazilian Embassy, the closing of Ch.36 and Radio Globo, but for the rejections of an OAS mission that was not allowed entry over the weekend and for declaring a state of siege.


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Em uma reunião de emergência da Organização dos Estados Americanos (OEA) para discutir o impasse hondurenho, Lewis Anselem, embaixador dos EUA na OEA, também criticou o governo golpista de Honduras por sua ação "deplorável" ao barrar a entrada de uma missão da OEA e declarar estado de sítio no domingo.

Anselem também criticou Zelaya por alimentar a violência ao voltar a Honduras na semana passada e se abrigar na Embaixada do Brasil, de onde tem instado seus apoiadores para que tomem as ruas.

- O retorno de Zelaya sem um acordo é irresponsável e tolo (...) Ele deveria parar e desistir de fazer acusações enfurecidas e de agir como se estive estrelando em um filme antigo - disse Anselem.

Anselem exortou o governo golpista a conduzir a segurança com "moderação e cautela" e pediu que Zelaya "exerça liderança" e inste seus partidários a manifestar seus pontos de vista de forma pacífica.

Ele disse que os EUA pediram em diversas ocasiões para que Zelaya não voltasse a Honduras antes de um acordo político por causa da possibilidade de agitação.

- Tendo escolhido, sem ajuda externa, voltar sobre seus termos, o presidente Zelaya e aqueles que facilitaram a sua volta guardam responsabilidade particular pelas ações de seus apoiadores - afirmou a autoridade norte-americana.

Anselem afirmou que o governo dos EUA continuará a pedir que os dois lados cheguem a um acordo seguindo os termos de San José.

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9. They flip-flop while the Zelaya family is in danger

and they know it full well!

grr