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Honduras by Day, Guantánamo by Night: Roberto Micheletti’s State of Exception

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Yes­ter­day the Hon­duran Con­gress, work­ing almost cer­tainly at the behest of Roberto Micheletti (who was Speaker of the Con­gress until the coup), sus­pended the fol­low­ing con­sti­tu­tional rights for its cit­i­zens between the hours of 9pm and 5am: habeas corpus, free­dom of assem­bly, free pas­sage, free­dom from police coer­cion and vio­lence, and free­dom from com­pul­sory self-​incrimination (the right to remain silent).

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