In a statement,the State Department said the decision was made in recognition of the de facto regime's failure to restore democratic, constitutional rule to Honduras.
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This reflects recognition that failure to bring perpetrators of crimes against journalists to justice, leads to impunity that in turn perpetuates the cycle of violence against media professionals.
For now, the researchers have created an eight-electrode proof-of-concept bracelet, but its accuracy leaves something to be desired -- it correctly identifies its wearer only 80 to 90 percent of the time, whereas fingerprint recognition has a failure rate of less than 1 in 1, 000.