Honduras issues decree to suspend some rights, media
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TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - The de facto Honduran government has issued a decree allowing it to suspend freedom of speech, ban protests and suspend media groups because of "disturbances of the peace" since a June coup that toppled President Manuel Zelaya, government officials said on Sunday.
De facto Honduran interior minister Oscar Matute said media that incite violence should be regulated under the decree, a copy of which was obtained by Reuters.
A senior government official said the decree, dated September 26, has been printed in the official gazette.
(Reporting by Sean Mattson, editing by Philip Barbara)
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