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QUESTION: A follow-up on Honduras. What does the U.S. think about the human rights situation there right now? There have been mass arrests, curfews, an emergency decree, and a ban on protests and media closures for three weeks during the presidential campaign. Does that undermine the electoral process, in the view of the U.S.?

MR. KELLY: Regarding the - well, first of all, our real priority here is to see this accord implemented step by step. We've only gotten through step one, and we need step two and step three to be implemented.

Regarding the - these reports, I'm actually not aware of these reports of any actions to - you say ban rallies and - no, I'm not just aware of those reports. I think that we would need to have more details about it for us to really comment on it.



"Beware of the man who does not talk, and the dog that does not bark." Cheyenne
by maracatu on Fri Nov 13th, 2009 at 06:04:13 PM EST
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US Policy: See no abuses, hear of no abuses, speak of no abuses.

As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Fri Nov 13th, 2009 at 11:42:48 PM EST
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Quick, go here to read something else!
by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Sat Nov 14th, 2009 at 03:00:31 AM EST
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