Uruguay rejects asylum claims by three Brazil activists
The Uruguayan government has declined the request for political asylum that Brazilian activists Eloísa Samy, David Paixão and his under-age girlfriend made at the consulate in Rio de Janeiro.
Since Friday (Jul 18), Samy has faced a detention warrant, issued by a Rio de Janeiro court following charges of violence during demonstrations staged in Rio de Janeiro last year. David Paixão, who was under age in June 2013, also participated in the protests with his girlfriend, and was seeking asylum for the fear of being arrested.
State Deputy Janira Rocha monitored their stay at the Uruguayan consulate on Monday. In the evening, according to the Rocha’s press office, Council Myriam Fraschini Chalar announced that the claim had been rejected by Uruguay’s Embassy in Brasília, and that they should leave the premises of the diplomatic institution under the risk of being taken to jail by the Federal Police.
All three people walked out of the building through the front door and left on a black car with dark windows, and did not speak to journalists. In the afternoon, two civil police had attempted to gain access to the consulate carrying Samy’s arrest order, but were prevented from doing so by the consulate security.
According to the allegation from the Public Prosecution Office, lawyer Eloísa Samy met with her fellow protesters during the exercise of their activities “having afterwards modified her behavior and started to take active part in violent acts, also supplying instructions to occasional participants, having been seen giving commands for the beginning of the violent acts.” The report further states that the lawyer also gave logistic support to the demonstrators and offered her home for meetings.
Twenty two other people were reported by the Public Prosecution Office for having participated in violent acts during protests in June last year in Rio de Janeiro. All of them had preventive detention orders issued by the court. Five of them are arrested and 18 are considered fugitives.
Translated by Fabrício Ferreira
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