Women’s National Institute Under Assault
[Editor's Note: Thanks to Pancho for the translation]
Colleagues:
Today, early in the morning, Ms Maria Marta Diaz was appointed to the INAM [Women National Institute] by the Military Coup regime as the minister of this institution. She entered the facilities with a group of riot police. Around 10AM, another riot police group (this time was bigger) came to the facilities when we, the women, were just by ourselves and our voices.
There were many tense moments, the first one was when one of the members of the riot police encouraged several employees to enter the facilities. We told them that we were occupying the building [as protest against the military coup] that it was not possible to enter. No one listen to the riot police call but but one woman: Antonieta Bustamente, the representative of Interamerican Comission of Women, did. We told her that we were not accepting nobody, not even visits, but she didn’t listen and she try to enter. The riot police beat two of our women colleagues and made a “cordon police” so that this woman could enter.
Later, around 11AM, the technical director of the Institute, a feminist colleague, answered a call from an unidentified number. They [the people who called her] told her that they knew that she had children, that they knew who were her children and that if she continued with that posture [against the Military Coup] her children will be in danger. Kenia started crying, she didn’t say anything, she was only crying. We asked her to explain to us what was going on. Crying, she confessed. Then we call the media that was around and she told them what happened. She did it to both, national and international media.
Around 12, our colleagues in resistance arrived: indigenous people, the OFRANEH (afro-descendents) who supported us in the pacific occupation. Because of it, more police riot groups arrived too.
Then around 1PM all the movement in resistance arrived, I don’t know how many thousands, and it caused even more repression. Two military trucks and then another bigger one (the kind of bunker-like), those that through water and that orange liquid, started to approach us and the people of the movement. Those were very intense moments, the military got on “attack position” and the soldiers that were behind [the building] shoot bullets, I guess they were rubber bullets because they sounded different, while on the front of the building, the contingent was marching towards us. Some of them started to through rocks but we tried to calm them.
We evacuated the building and everyone marched towards the Congress.
I came to write this, to charge the battery of my cellular phone and to download the pictures of my camera. We are with our colleague, the technical director of the INAM, to help her to denounce the threat to the tribunal, so that, at least, it is documented. She called her family to take care of her children, they were to a more secure place. I’ll tell you more about it later.
There is footage from TeleSur, from Le Monde Diplomatique, the Discovery Chanel, History (I can’t remember), there were a lot of more media around. Perhaps on Youtube there will be more information, many of us took some videos.
The people who is covering most of the repression are from Channel 36 of Honduras.
Greetings
[original Spanish]
Compañeras:
Hoy en la mañana muy temprano entrò al INAM la señora Maria Marta Dìaznombrada por el règimen defacto como ministra del INAM acuerpada por un grupo de policìas antimotines. Como a las 10 de las mañana llegò otro escuadròn mayor cuando solo nos encontràbamos nosotras, las mujeres con nuestras voces.
Hubieron varios momentos de tensiòn, el primero cuando la policìa antimotines saliò de las instalaciones y uno de ellos dijo a las empleadas que entraran. Nosotras les decìamos que era una toma y que no podìan entrar. Ninguna de ellas/os las/os que estaban ahì, contestò al llamado. Solo lo hizo una: la señora Antonieta Bustamante, representante de la Comisiòn Interamericana de Mujeres. Ella se acercò a nosotras e insistiò en entrar, le dijimos que no aceptàbamos ni siquiera visitas. Los antimotines hicieron un cordòn para que la señora entrara y golpearon a dos compañeras nuestras.
Posteriormente, como a las 11 del dìa la directora tècnica del INAM, compañera feminista, llamò una llamada de un telèfono desconocido (no aparecìa nùmero) y le dijeron que ella tenìa hijos, que sabìan quienes eran sus hijos y que si ella continuaba en esa postura (de oposiciòn) que sus hijos corrìan peligro. Ke`nia comenzò a llorar, no decìa nada, solo lloraba. Le insistimos que nos dijera que pasaba y llorando nos lo dijo. LLamamos a los medios que estaban ahì y ella relatò lo sucedido. Lo hico a medios nacionales e internacionales
Posteriormente como a las 12 del dìa llegaron compañeras en resistencia,los/as indìgenas y los/as de OFRANEH (afrodescendientes) quienes nos apoyaron en nuestra toma pacìfica. Eso hizo que vinieran màs antimotines.
Luego como a la 1 de la tarde llego el todo el movimiento de resistencia, no se cuantos miles, y eso desatò màs represiòn. Un contingente de antomotines en dos camiones militares y luego un camiòn, tipo bunker, de esos que lanzan agua y un lìquido anaranjado y fueron caminando hacia nosotras y los del movimiento. fueron momentos de tensiòn, los antimotines se pusieron en posiciòn de ataque, los que estaban por la parte detràs tiraron balas, supongo que de goma, porque sonaban diferente, y por la parte de frente caminaba el contingente hacia nosotras. algunos comenzaron a tirar ppiedras y tratabamos de calmar a la gente. Desalojamos el lugar y todos se fueron en la marcha hacia el congreso. Vine a escribir esto y a cargar mi celular y descargar mi càmara. Trajimos ala directora tècnica del inam para llevar a poner la denuncia a la fiscalia, al menos para que quede documentada. Tambièn ella llamò a su familia para saccar a sus hijos de su casa y llevarlos a un lugar seguro. les seguire contanto.
Hay tomas de telesur, andaban de le monde diplomatique, de discovery chanel,o de history, no recuerdo, andaban muchos mas. quiza màs tarde hayan cosas en you tube, de aca cubrieron varios, pero el que esta pasando màs la
represion son los del canal 36 de honduras
saludos
Tags: citizen, citizenjournalism, ciudadano, denuncia, detenciones, honduras, militar, periodismo
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