David Romero Ellner

Background

Romero Ellner is the grandson of Jewish immigrant from Czechoslovakia.[1]

Landmark ruling against journalistand former MP David Romero Ellner "This court resolves the state from compliance agreement by the parties and statesthe guilt of the accused for the crime of violent tion, a fact that goes against sexual freedom Dalia Romero "were the words of Judge Carlos Gómez Moreno. Thus the ruling put an end to a landmark case in which for the first time the legal life of Honduras and the region Central strip was achieved immunodeficiency unity to a deputy accused of rape in Subject to his own daughter. David Romero Ellner, the name that adorned daily spaces of an important Honduras radio and also held the by alternate deputy for the Party Liberal, the first of April 2004 became the chronicle of all media. But the case was no longer news, and today what matter is to rescue history, taking into account lessons learned and be aware of that the fight has just begun for organizations that are responsible for ensuring respect for the rights of women. Two years of struggle The distance covered in the controversial case of David Romero Ellner vine was not easy. A hard battle was fought for two years against a whole system vulnerable to pressures, Here the journalist and politician. But the preassignor sitting, the ten-year sentence against a public figure has already left open an important door. Today only new challenges and steadfastness to continue attentive to other cases of violence against women. "What has been achieved stripped of immunity and the judges have ruled against David Romero Ellner it makes us think that despite the setbacks that are in the way, the struggle was worth it. We face a man with powerful friends and contacts, the pressures we face were important, but at the end we also find the solidarity of friendly organizations that .They accompanied jointly fight " Claudia said Herrmannsdorfer, Coordinator Program Prevention and Treatment Gender Violence Against Women.

Politician

Romero Ellner was a leader of the Movimiento de Izquierda Revolucionaria (MRI, Revolutionary Left Movement).[2]

Romero Ellner was formerly a Liberal party congressman.

Rape conviction

Romero Ellner was charged with raping his daughter,even though this has never been proved and reports indicate a persecution by government officials of that era against journalistic reports made by romero against the regime security measures which ban many civil liberties and illegally perform security operations that were condemned by civil right movements at the time.[3] On 30 July 2002 Romero Ellner was stripped of his parliamentary immunity.[4] Romero was declared guilty and spent some time in prison, but the irresponsible president Mel Zelaya freed him for "good behavior"

Anti Jewish outburst

In 2009, after Zelaya's comments that "Israeli mercenaries" were torturing him with toxic gases and radiation that alter his physical and mental state, Romero Ellner accused Jews of being a problem in Honduras and also said to his radio listeners that "I believe it should have been fair and valid to let Hitler finish his historic vision". He accused Jews of being a problem in Honduras and also spoke in favour of the Holocaust to his radio listeners.[5][6] Zelaya stated in response, "I condemn that kind of racism and discrimination. I don't share that point of view."[1] The Association of Descendants of Sephardic Jews in Honduras issued a public statement against Romero Ellner.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 Schmidt, Blake (2009-10-08). "Zelaya Condemns Radio Host's Comments on Holocaust". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2010-02-08.
  2. ↑ Los hechos hablan por sí mismos: informe preliminar sobre los desaparecidos. Honduras. Comisionado Nacional de los Derechos Humanos. p. 39
  3. ↑ "2003 dejó tres diputados presos y otro prófugo". La Prensa. Archived from the original on 2009-12-09.
  4. ↑ "SEMANA DEL 30 AL 1 DE AGOSTO DEL 2002". El Centro de Investigación y Promoción de los Derechos Humanos. Archived from the original on 2009-12-19.
  5. ↑ "Rodas inventa ataques contra embajada". El Heraldo. 2009-10-09. Archived from the original on 2009-12-09.
  6. ↑ "Jews As Scapegoats in the Honduras Political Stalemate". Anti-Defamation League. Archived from the original on 2009-12-09.
  7. ↑ "Enérgica protesta judía contra resistencia - Declaraciones de periodista zelayista son racistas y criminales". El Heraldo.
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