•Press Release Latin America and the Caribbean World
Contact: Dan Beeton, 202-239-1460
Washington, D.C. – The Brazilian government’s Ambassador to the Organization of American States, Ruy de Lima Casaes e Silva, accused the Honduran coup regime of “torture” in its ongoing attacks on Brazil’s embassy in Honduras.
Ambassador Lima Casaes described an elaborate series of measures taken by the Honduran security forces surrounding the Embassy to cause sleep deprivation among those inside. These included ultra-high-intensity lights, high-decibel sound, and other measures.
He also mentioned other attacks including tear gas and attacks with unidentified gases, and other forms of harassment and violations of international law including restricting food deliveries.
All of these are serious violations of international law, and have already been condemned on September 25 by the Security Council of the United Nations. Today OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza also condemned the ongoing “harassment” of the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa.
“These ongoing violations indicate that the coup regime in Honduras has no interest in dialogue or a mediated solution to the Honduran crisis,” said Mark Weisbrot, Co-Director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research. “The also indicate an astounding lack of regard for international law, unusual even in the history of military coups over the last century.”
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