Police shooting teargas canisters into the National Pedagogical University "Francisco Morazán"
Policías disparando bombas lacrimogenas dentro de la UNIVERSIDAD PEDAGÓGICA NACIONAL FRANCISCO MORAZAN

Teachers union leader Professor Luis Sosa was brutally beaten by the Honduran police force
El dirigente magisterial, Profesor Luis Sosa fue golpeado brutalmente por la fuerza policial de Honduras

A number of professors, after being teargassed and savagely beated, were arrested and charges manufactured against them. Those imprisoned include Andres Martinez, Carlos Anaribas, Luis Sosa and Edgar Soriano. Human rights and healthcare workers were denied access to them for the duration of their approximately 12-hour detention, following which they were left at a private clinic. Tom Loudon, who is on site working with the Comisión de Verdad, writes:

The hard to believe part is that there were videos on several TV stations today that clearly showed the teachers being attacked by the police- of good enough quality that the attackers could easily be identified. In spite of this, charges are being filed against those who were attacked.

We can be confident that the release of these professors is in large part due to the quick and forceful response from the resistance and the national and international human rights community, who called the Lobo government to account. But more broadly, this demonstrates once again that the current regime is the coup regime, a de facto military state that fears non-violent protest, fears the Honduran people, and is terrified of democracy.