Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Most rights finally restored

UPDATE 10/8: NOT SO FAST! I got an e-mail from the US Embassy that Micheletti's promise to restore the rights yesterday did not go into effect and they don't know when it will. It basically says, watch out, you still don't have those rights.
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After having nothing but condemnation from outside and within Honduras, including most of his own congress, the acting president has modified his order and restored most of the rights here. It is still illegal to meet in groups of 20 or more without prior government approval. Technically that prohibits churches from holding services without approval, but from the beginning the law was imposed for selective enforcement. It was really only enforced to stop the resisitance people from meeting, talking, putting out information, broadcasting on TV and radio, etc. People meeting in large groups for church are technically breaking the law but they are not enforcing the law that way.
Representatives from numerous outside countries are here today to continue talking, negotiating with both sides to try and resolve the problems. The reports have been more optimistic lately, but I am not sure why because one side demands the return of the former president and the other says absolutely no way he will return. But they are optimistic so lets hope and pray for the best.

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