-712. As the Commission confirmed in its on-site visits and upon the issuance of its "Report Honduras: Human Rights and the Coup d’état” of December 30, 2009, it is particular relevant the generalized situation of insecurity that, at the moment, the human rights defenders who work in Honduras have to face. In this report, the Commission established that since June 28, a number of civil society organizations have openly expressed their opposition to the coup d’état and alleged the following: 171. These organizations have taken on an active role in protecting human rights as the number of complaints has increased. Some of them had to reorganize their daily routines in order to process complaints filed by those who reach them. Since the coup d’état in Honduras, the Commission has received information to the effect that numerous human rights defenders were in danger. Some human rights organizations filed complaints with the Commission about the means being used by the State to harass human rights defenders. These techniques included the institution of police and judicial inquiries, arbitrary detentions, assaults, intimidation, surveillance and stalking. It was also reported that some of these organizations had had the power cut to their officers, their communication systems disrupted, and their e-mail accounts interfered with. Some offices were fired upon by heavily armed individuals and explosive devices were thrown. Others were searched.8 13. Said report makes reference to Mrs. Gladys Lanza as one of the human rights defenders who was at risk. In addition, it was mentioned that “The Commission received information on the killing of at least 7 opponents of the de facto government, presumably attributable to agents of the state” and indicated that: [t]he IACHR was able to confirm that since the coup d’état in Honduras, serious violations of the human rights of its inhabitants have occurred, including deaths, an arbitrary declaration of a state of emergency, suppression of public demonstrations through disproportionate use of force, criminalization of public protest, arbitrary detentions of thousands of persons, cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment and grossly inadequate conditions of detention, militarization of Honduran territory, a surge in the incidents of racial discrimination, violations of women’s rights, serious and arbitrary restrictions on the right to freedom of expression, and grave violations of political rights. The IACHR also established that the judicial remedies were ineffective in protecting human rights.9 14. In its preliminary observations on its visit of May 2010, the Commission pointed out the following: 19. During the visit conducted in May 2010, the Commission expressed deep concern over the continuation of human rights violations in the context of the coup d’état. In 2010 thus far, the Commission has had to grant a number of precautionary measures on behalf of persons whose lives or personal integrity are at risk. In most cases, the risk is associated with their participation in activities against the coup d’état. 20. Despite the progress made toward restoring democratic institutions, the IACHR has received information on the murders of a number of people, among them journalists and human rights defenders. It has also received reports of a series of threats and harassment against human rights defenders, journalists, social communicators, teachers, union members and members of the resistance. 8 IACHR, Honduras: Human Rights and Coup d’état, OEA/Ser.L/V/II, Doc.55, December 30, 2009, paras. 171 and 172; the footnotes were omitted. 9 IACHR, Honduras: Human Rights and Coup d’état, OEA/Ser.L/V/II, Doc.55, December 30, 2009, paras. 166, 238-251 and 551.