This degree of violence is completely unacceptable from a parliamentarian, but all the more so when he is the vice-president of a commission that is supposed to promote dialogue with the indigenous communities.
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We are very concerned at the accusations against them and the harsh sentence proposed. The circumstances of their arrest are very confused and do not clearly establish their guilt. The legal authorities must make every effort to determine the origin of the firebombs, the only evidence against them. The judge has hastily declared the matter secret and is blocking all openness.Reporters Borders
At an earlier hearing he had been handed down a sentence, since cancelled, of 30 years imprisonment on exactly the same charge.
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Any prison sentence for an offence of opinion is unacceptable, even in cases of insult or defamation.
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The security services should not be obstructing the work of the independent and opposition media in this fashion, as it is contrary to the pledges which the government gave in its recent road map to democracy.
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These arrests are intended to gag dissent and to sow a climate of terror in the country. The independent journalists should be immediately released.
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