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Honduran Women Facing Attacks Since Coup
TEGUCIGALPA - Over 400 violations of human
rights against women have been registered in
Honduras since the June 28 coup d''etat,
according to reports by women's
organizations.
They include insults, threats, persecutions,
beatings, dismissals, sexual attacks and
other forms of violence, said the document
presented at the Inter-American Commission
on Human Rights (IACHR).
The text stresses that two women were killed
because of intoxication with tear gases
during repression by security forces of
anti-coup demonstrations.
Seven other women have been raped by army
and police soldiers, after being detained
during the curfew.
The de facto regime has tried to dismantle
the public institutions that safeguard
women's rights, as the National Institute
for Women, where several employees were
threatened and fired.
Other sectors seriously affected by the coup
are children and adolescents.
According to the United Nations Children's
Fund (UNICEF), there are 79 children, the
rights of which have been distorted in
repressive actions since the coup d'etat was
perpetrated.
Activities demanded that the UN Human Rights
Commission issues an urgent request to the
de facto regime of Roberto Micheletti to end
humanitarian violations.
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