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Honduras: Repression of hundreds of protesters despite visit of OAS Mission
Ladies and Gentlemen Members of the Organization of American States,
The demonstration being made by Honduran people in front of the U.S. embassy is being suppressed with tear gas by the military.
They threw many gas bombs on hundreds of protesters and they are being persecuted. Men and women, unarmed who arrived this week, as usual, in front of the U.S Embassy trusting that the visit of the Foreign Ministers and the OAS delegation would bring peace to the streets of Honduras.
Protesters are running towards the downtown of the capital, Tegucigalpa, where they are forced to pass in front of a large military and police contingent which is placed in front of the Brazilian Embassy. They described that this was one of the most aggressive attacks they have received so far.
When asked on the violations of human rights, the police spokesman Daniel Molina said the human rights organizations such as the CIDH have to justify their work and therefor they are biased, for that he does not believe in their reports.
Perhaps they are taking advanced of the minute of absence of the press who is covering the stories at the luxury hotel, where the dialogue is taking place. A dialogue on a thin talbe while the Hondurans are being chased by the military.
Please stop this since you are an international delegation on Honduran soil. It can be that one pretends to establish a dialogue while they are using their arms and repressing the Honduran people.
Thanks for your attention,
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