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OAS Press Release on Comayagua Prison Fire

OAS Press Release on Comayagua Prison Fire

Press Release Rapporteurship on the Rights of Persons Deprived of Liberty Finds Serious Structural Deficiencies in Prisons of Honduras April 27, 2012 Tegucigalpa, Honduras – The Rapporteurship on the Rights of Persons Deprived of Liberty of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) made an observation visit to Honduras from April 23 to 27, 2012. […]

Emergency Meeting Called by President Lobo

Emergency Meeting Called by President Lobo

President Porfirio Lobo Sosa has summoned an emergency meeting of the Honduras Security Council following last night’s tragic event. The meeting at the Presidential Palace will explore the details of the fire at the prison in Comayagua. Attendees include the Minister of Human Rights, Ana Pineda, the Minister of the Interior, Áfrico Madrid, Ministers of […]