Memorandum: Honduras’ Murderous Record Continues Apace
The Council on Hemispheric Affairs, a Washington-based organization, whose chairman for many years was the president of the 40,000 member News Paper Guild, described Honduras as, “Latin America’s most perfected killing field for defenseless journalists.” Any attempt by Honduran authorities to dismiss the issue as merely a matter of common street crime is beside the point. The fact is, that all Hondurans, not just journalists, who differ with government policy, live in a condition of fear and threat, and that the country is gravely menaced by an official policy that at best, only tolerates democratic rule rather than celebrates it. Jeremias Orellana is the fourteenth journalist to be violently murdered in Honduras in recent years.
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Memorándum: El Record de Asesinatos en Honduras Incrementa de Forma Precipitada
The Council on Hemispheric Affairs, a Washington-based organization, whose chairman for many years was the president of the 40,000 member News Paper Guild, described Honduras as, “Latin America’s most perfected killing field for defenseless journalists.” Any attempt by Honduran authorities to dismiss the issue as merely a matter of common street crime is beside the point. The fact is, that all Hondurans, not just journalists, who differ with government policy, live in a condition of fear and threat, and that the country is gravely menaced by an official policy that at best, only tolerates democratic rule rather than celebrates it. Jeremias Orellana was killed on July 14th in the province of Lempira; he is the fourteenth journalist to be violently murdered in Honduras in recent years.
This analysis was prepared by the COHA Research Team.
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