 Day 16
Click here for all
the stories from day 1
Telesur Team Taken Prisoner in
Honduras
Caracas - The
President of the Inter-American Commission
on Human Rights Luz Patricia Mejia denounced
Tele Sur and Venezolana de Television (VTV)
teams have been detained by armed forces,
placed under arrest and later released on
Saturday night.
Mejia in interview with Venezolana de
Television TV said it is very important
right now to keep telling the world the real
truth about events of this kind, because it
happened when the whole continent was
sleeping.
"It's necessary to let the world and
Honduran people know what it's really
happening in that country", she indicated.
Freedom of speech is a right of all peoples,
and since June 28 the de-facto regime in
Honduras has done a lot to hide the real
truth, she stressed.
All international organizations of human
rights will look after Telesur and
Venezolana de Television teams welfare.
The reporters were released hours after coup
forces gave a detailed check on their
identification documents and under clear
orders of immediately abandoning the
country.
This is the second arrest of a group of
Venezuelan media, on June 29 coup forces
detained Venezolana de Television team,
which provided non-stop coverage on the
massive repression from army and police
forces during a pacific demo in Honduras.
Telesur and Venezolana de Television team,
which has been the only media outlet to
provide non-stop coverage on the coup in
Honduras, has just been the victim of
violent repression in Honduras. |
