Thursday, July 02, 2009

Convenient violation of constitutional rights: where is the outrage?

An expert on Latin America that I respect sent me this: "This link is in Spanish, but the short version is that the Honduran Congress just approved a decree that suspends 5 constitutionally
provided individual rights. These include freedom of association, the right to peaceful protest, the "inviolability" of the home (that your house can't be raided), the right not to be detained for more than 24 hours, and the freedom to enter and leave the country."