Leading voices in Britain Call for Honduran President to be Returned to Power
Wednesday, 01 July 2009
Prominent figures from across British society, including 30 parliamentarians such as Colin Burgon MP (Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Venezuela,) playwright David Hare, film-maker John Pilger, musicians Brian Eno and Jon McClure, World Future Council Chair Bianca Jagger, former London Mayor Ken Livingstone, leading academics, 13 national trade union general secretaries (including of Unite the Union, UNISON and the GMB) and a range of others have signed a statement condemning the coup in Honduras.
In the statement they say, "This military coup is an illegal attempt to use armed force to overturn the course of democracy and social progress chosen by the Honduran people," and "call upon every government in the world to demand the restoration of the democratically elected President of Honduras."
PRESS RELEASE: SUCCESSFUL LONDON PICKET AGAINST COUP IN HONDURAS
Tuesday, 30 June 2009
Over 100 people attended an emergency picket outside the Honduran Embassy in London today saying "No to the Coup in Honduras - Defend Democracy!" The protest was organised by the Venezuela Solidarity Campaign and supported by Unite the Union London and Eastern Region.
STATEMENT BY THE AMBASSADORS OF THE ALBA NATIONS IN LONDON
Wednesday, 01 July 2009
We, the Ambassadors of the Republic of Cuba, the Plurinational State of Bolivia, the Republic of Ecuador, the Republic of Nicaragua and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, do hereby state our position in relation to the military coup d’état against the President of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, which took place on Sunday, 28 of June, 2009.
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