Jailed Honduran Farmers on Hunger Strike for Zelaya

[Louisiana1976]

Thirty-eight farmers imprisoned by the military-supported interim Honduran regime began a hunger strike Saturday demanding the reinstatement of deposed President Manuel Zelaya.

The protest comes as representatives of Zelaya and the regime led by Roberto Micheletti agreed to restart talks next week aimed at resolving the political crisis, sparked when soldiers ousted Zelaya at gunpoint on June 28 and kicked him out of the country.

Zelaya's surprise return on September 21 -- to the Brazilian embassy, where he is currently holed up -- triggered a new wave of protests and a clampdown on civil rights, but also boosted efforts to break the deadlock.

"We're being charged with sedition because we are calling for the return of our president to end all this," said Ramon Diaz, 43, one of the hunger strikers being held at the National Penitentiary in Tegucigalpa.

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http://rawstory.com/news/afp/Jailed_Honduran_farmers_on_hunger_s_10032009.html

[thunder rising]

1. Some how I'll bet Demint's party didn't go talk to them ... what do you think?

[flamingdem]

2. Those congressmen and woman are breaking the law and should be arrested on return nt