Students
denounced the disguised but violent repression of their movement by
armed and masked men
Students
from Honduras' National University of Agriculture denounced at a
press conference Tuesday violence and threats against their movement
as they maintained their three-day-long strike, occupying the
university's facilities.
At the same
time as the press conference, the students at the occupation were
attacked by Honduran military and masked men who used bulldozers to
attempt to forcibly remove the students, breaking down fences and
leaving at least three students injured, reported teleSUR
correspondent Gerardo Torres.
The strike
followed the expulsion of 79 students after they demonstrated against
the University's President and Honduras' Education Minister, Marlon
Escoto, accusing him of protecting corrupt teachers.
The press
conference was also supported by Committee of Families of the
Detained and Disappeared.
The
University Student Movement expressed solidarity Monday with the
students of the Agriculture University located in Catacamas, Olancho
about 200 kilometers from the capital, after student leaders received
death threats. A delegation of human rights observers decided to
travel to Catacamas to accompany the students.
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