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As chaos continues in Honduras after the June 28 coup and subsequent media blackout, MISF has been in close communication with people on the ground and following international news. Follow our Twitter updates and regular editions of our Honduras News in Review
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    --Zenaida Velasquez, sister of Manfredo Velasquez, one of the 184 documented disappearance cases in Honduras in the 1980s

    H I G H L I G H T S

    Honduras News in Review—January 2010
    New Honduran president takes office as Zelaya heads into exile; Honduran generals cleared of wrongdoing in coup; Deaths, threats against resistance members give rise to exiles...
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    Rights Abuses Persist in Wake of Honduran Elections
    Repression continues unabated following Honduras’ U.S.-recognized Nov. 29 elections, according to human rights groups and other observers on the ground in Honduras.
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    World Divided on Honduras Elections as Rights Advocates Say Vote Was Marred by Government Repression
    Despite continued local and international concern over repression, Honduras held elections on Nov. 29, with National Party candidate Porfirio Lobo Sosa claiming victory by a wide margin.
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    Briefing on Honduras: Government-Supported Human Rights Abuses and the Legacy of Impunity
    Human rights advocates say they are witnessing a pattern of abuse strikingly similar to what citizens suffered during the political conflicts of the 1980s.
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    Fear and Loathing in Honduras: Elections Under Repression
    As Honduras' Nov. 29 election day approaches, there are questions as to whether the vote can truly be free and fair-Español
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    Honduran police announce national strike (July 23)
    Officers say they are unhappy with working conditions and cannot continue to work nearly around the clock...
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    MISF associate producer beaten by police, video camera destroyed, tapes confiscated (July 30)
    Oscar Estrada, associate producer for MISF, was beaten by police today while filming a protest in Tegucigalpa...
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    Honduran human rights, press freedoms eroded since June 28
    International NGOs, media, watchdog groups express concern over pattern of violence and media repression since coup...
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    Honduran prosecutor Jari Dixon's family attacked after he denounces military coup on CNN
    The family of Honduran public prosecutor Jari Dixon Herrera were attacked by police on July 14 shortly after he made statements to CNN en Español and other international media in Washington denouncing the recent military coup in Honduras...
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    Honduras News in Review—September 2009
    Zelaya returns to Honduras, de facto government escalates repression...
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    Action Alert: Support democracy in Honduras
    Urge your U.S. congressional representative to support the Delahunt-McGovern House Resolution on Honduras!
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    Honduras News in Review—August 2009
    U.S. suspends all nonhumanitarian aid to Honduras, refuses to recognize results of upcoming elections...
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    Backgrounder: Making Sense of the Honduran Coup
    The current conflict is rooted in a series of events reaching back to the earlier part of the Zelaya presidency...
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    Honduras News in Review—July 10-Aug. 3, 2009
    Post-coup death toll rises... International human rights delegation observes "systematic violations of human rights"...
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    Honduras News in Review—June 1-July 10, 2009
    Eleven days after coup, Honduras remains in turmoil...
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    MISF joins other NGOs and faith-based groups in condemning Honduras coup
    Read the full text of the June 30 statement...
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    UPDATE (June 29): Civil unrest, international condemnation in wake of coup
    Much of Tegucigalpa was still without power on Sunday evening...
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    NEWS ALERT (June 28): TROOPS SEIZE HONDURAN PRESIDENT IN APPARENT COUP D'ETAT
    The Honduran military arrested President Manuel Zelaya and several popular leaders this morning...
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