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Tuesday, 08 September 2009 15:24
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honduras_cartoon Eight attackers stormed the offices of a radio station and TV outlet in Tegucigalpa that are critical of the interim government that removed Manuel Zelaya, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) reports. They threatened guards and sprayed acid on broadcasting equipment, ending the broadcasts of a concert in support of the ousted president.


The Monday episode at the studios shared by Radio Globo and Channel 36 followed several other recent attacks on media. Several people tossed at least three homemade bombs at the offices of a national newspaper, El Heraldo, which has been an outspoken supporter of the current interim government, CPJ says.

Tags: Year: 2009 Location: South America Category: Protest and Persuassion Category: NonCooperation Protest and Persuassion: Declarations of indictment and intention Protest and Persuassion: Newspapers and journals Protest and Persuassion: Records, radio, and television Methods of NonCooperation: Social boycott Methods of NonCooperation: Social disobedience Methods of NonCooperation: Withholding or withdrawal of allegiance Methods of NonCooperation: Refusal of public support Methods of NonCooperation: Literature and speeches advocating resistance
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