April 14, 2010<\/p>\n
The undersigned organizations are deeply concerned by the increasing acts of violence and repression against members and groups of the Unified Movement of Peasants from Agu\u00e1n (MUCA) and the Peasant Movement of Agu\u00e1n (MCA).<\/p>\n
Over the past three days, there have been massive mobilizations of troops to the Lower Agu\u00e1n. Because of this, there is a deep concern of possible acts of repression and forced evictions of peasant groups. In this context, on Monday, April 12, military personnel surrounded the community of Guadalupe Carney.<\/p>\n
We recall that since January, 2010 eight members of the MUCA have lost their lives: Juan Ram\u00f3n Mej\u00eda died on January 31 as a result of repeated blows; Isidro Cano and Francisco Montes, members of the Cooperative Buenos Amigos, were killed on February 4; Feliciano Santos, a member of the cooperative July 21, was killed on February 14; On March 17 both Jose Antonio Cardoza and Jose Car\u00edas, Directors of the cooperative Brisas de COHDEFOR in Bonito Oriental, were killed; Miguel Alonso Oliva, was murdered by a security guard at one of the African palm plantations at the Agu\u00e1n Valley on April 1; and on April 7, Jose Leonel \u00c1lvarez Guerra, a member of the Cooperative La Confianza, was murdered by two men on a motorcycle, when he was coming back home located in the neighborhood Manga Seca, in Tocoa, Col\u00f3n. The procedural status of these investigations is unknown.<\/p>\n
The perpetrators of human rights violations committed since the coup of June 28, 2009, have enjoyed impunity until now. The situation of helplessness in which citizenship is still immerse in, require a return to a state of law with full functioning of essential guarantees for a democratic life. In addition, there is an increase in violence against the peasant movement, independent journalists, and defenders of human rights that support a fair resolution of the agrarian problem in the Lower Agu\u00e1n. Given these fact, we make a call to national and international actors to contribute to a lasting and non-violent problem resolution that respects human rights and avoids more violence and deaths.<\/p>\n
We, the organizations, are asking the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), within the next follow up visit to Honduras, to particularly investigate situation in the Lower Agu\u00e1n.<\/p>\n
Recalling that the State of Honduras, even after the coup and the exclusion from the OAS, maintains its obligations to international human rights law, we request the following:<\/p>\n
– The withdrawal of the military to their barracks; <\/p>\n
– An immediate end to repression and violence against peasant groups; <\/p>\n
– Effective protection of life and personal integrity for human rights defenders, peasant leaders, and others involved in the conflict;<\/p>\n
– The effective investigation of all deaths of peasants, as well as the prosecution and punishment of those responsible for these acts; <\/p>\n
– The development of an open dialogue process, peaceful and constructive, with the Unified Movement of Peasants of Agu\u00e1n (MUCA) and authorities from the National Agrarian Institute; <\/p>\n
– Compliance with the obligation of the State against the right to food of rural families by providing adequate access to land and facilities to enable them to live from their work with dignity;<\/p>\n
– The effective resolution and final delivery of the lands of the former Regional Military Training Center (CREM) to the communities of the Peasant Movement of Agu\u00e1n, as land reform laws regulate, in particular Decree 18-2008.<\/p>\n
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Signatory organizations:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n International Organizations:<\/p>\n Via Campesina Internacional<\/p>\n FIAN Internacional<\/p>\n Amigos de la Tierra Internacional (ATI)<\/p>\n Amigos de la Tierra Am\u00e9rica Latina y el Caribe (ATALC)<\/p>\n CADTM Internacional<\/p>\n CADTM-Afrique<\/p>\n Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)<\/p>\n Centre Europe-Tiers Monde (CETIM)<\/p>\n Copenhagen Initiative for Central America and Mexico (CIFCA)<\/p>\n Coalici\u00f3n Internacional para el H\u00e1bitat, Oficina para Am\u00e9rica Latina (HIC-AL)<\/p>\n Federaci\u00f3n Internacional de Derechos Humanos (FIDH)<\/p>\n Land Research Action Network (LRAN)<\/p>\n Pax Christi International<\/p>\n Plataforma Interamericana de Derechos Humanos, Democracia y Desarrollo (PIDHDD)<\/p>\n Red Europea de Comit\u00e9s Oscar Romero<\/p>\n R\u00e9seau Ouest Africain Dette et Developpement “ROAD”<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n National Organizations:<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n ACSUR-LAS SEGOVIAS, Espa\u00f1a<\/p>\n Alternativa Antimilitarista, MOC Las Palmas, Islas Canarias<\/p>\n Asociaci\u00f3n para el Estudio y Promoci\u00f3n de la Seguridad en Democracia (SEDEM), Guatemala<\/p>\n Ayuda Obrera Suiza<\/p>\n Alliance contre la Pauvret\u00e9 au Mali “AP\/Mali”<\/p>\n Broederlijk Delen, B\u00e9lgica<\/p>\n CADTM Belgique (Comit\u00e9 pour l’Annulation de la Dette du Tiers Monde)<\/p>\n CADTM Lubumbashi, Rep\u00fablica Democr\u00e1tica del Congo<\/p>\n Centre de Recerca e Informaci\u00f3n en Consum (CRIC) de Barcelona, Espa\u00f1a<\/p>\n Centre d’\u00e9tude et de recherche pour l’int\u00e9gration r\u00e9gionale et le d\u00e9veloppement de l’Afrique (CERIDA), Guinea<\/p>\n Centro tricontinental (CETRI), Lovaina-la-Nueva, B\u00e9lgica<\/p>\n Centro de Estudios para el Cambio en el Campo Mexicano (CECCAM), M\u00e9xico<\/p>\n Centro de Pol\u00edticas P\u00fablicas y Derechos Humanos, Per\u00fa – EQUIDAD<\/p>\n Centro Internacional para Investigaciones en Derechos Humanos (CIIDH), Guatemala<\/p>\n Centro Internazionale CROCEVIA, Italia<\/p>\n Coalition des Alternatives Africaines dette et Developpement (CAD), Mali<\/p>\n Collettivo Italia Centro America \u2013 CICA, Italia<\/p>\n Comit\u00e9 Suizo para Honduras, Suiza<\/p>\n Coordinadora mexicana de Solidaridad con Honduras, M\u00e9xico<\/p>\n Coordinadora Un Altre M\u00f3n \u00c9s Possible de Sabadell, Espa\u00f1a<\/p>\n Consultor\u00eda para los Derechos Humanos y el Desplazamiento (CODHES), Colombia<\/p>\n DIAKONIA Suecia<\/p>\n Espacio DESCA de M\u00e9xico<\/p>\n FIAN B\u00e9lgica<\/p>\n FIAN M\u00e9xico<\/p>\n Fundaci\u00f3n de Estudios para la Aplicaci\u00f3n del Derecho (FESPAD), El Salvador<\/p>\n Guatemalanetz Bern, Suiza<\/p>\n Guatemalanetz Z\u00fcrich, Suiza<\/p>\n HEKS, Ayuda de las Iglesiasa Evang\u00e9licas de Suiza<\/p>\n ICCO \u2013 Interchurch Organisation for Development Cooperation, Holanda<\/p>\n Instituto de Derechos Humanos de la Universidad Centroamericana \u201cJos\u00e9 Sime\u00f3n Ca\u00f1as\u201d (IDHUCA), El Salvador<\/p>\n Instituto de Estudios Comparados en Ciencias Penales de Guatemala \u2013ICCPG, Guatemala<\/p>\n Instituto de Estudios Pol\u00edticos sobre Am\u00e9rica Latina y \u00c1frica (IEPALA), Espa\u00f1a<\/p>\n Medico International Suiza<\/p>\n MOCASE, V\u00eda Campesina Argentina<\/p>\n Movimiento Nacional Campesino Ind\u00edgena (MNCI), Argentina<\/p>\n Observatorio de Derechos Humanos \u2013 DESC, Barcelona, Espa\u00f1a<\/p>\n \u00d6kumenisches B\u00fcro M\u00fcnchen, Alemania<\/p>\n Red Latinoamericana en Zurich, Suiza<\/p>\n Red Mexicana de Acci\u00f3n frente al Libre Comercio (RMALC)<\/p>\n R\u00e9seau des Organisations de la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Civile Mauritanienne pour la Promotion de la Citoyennet\u00e9 (RPC), Mauretania<\/p>\n R\u00e9seau pour le Developpement et l’Autopromotion de la Femme”RDL\/AFEF”, Mali<\/p>\n R\u00e9seau National Dette et D\u00e9veloppement Niamey, Niger<\/p>\n Soldepaz Pachakuti, Colombia<\/p>\n Solifonds Suiza<\/p>\n SUEDWIND, Austria<\/p>\n Union des Femmes pour la Dignit\u00e9 Humaine “UFDH”, Rep\u00fablica Democr\u00e1tica del Congo<\/p>\n Uni\u00f3n de Pochtecas de M\u00e9xico<\/p>\n Veterinarios Sin Fronteras, Espa\u00f1a<\/p>\n Xarxa de Consum Solidari de Catalunya, Espa\u00f1a<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Also, signatures from individuals:<\/p>\n Fran\u00e7ois Houtart, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgique<\/p>\n Bernd Michel, M\u00fcnchen, Alemania<\/p>\n Maria Paz Gonz\u00e1lez, Tarragona, Espa\u00f1a<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Contact for the Press Release:<\/p>\n Martin Wolpold-Bosien<\/p>\n Coordinador para Am\u00e9rica Central<\/p>\n FIAN Internacional<\/p>\n wolpold-bosien@fian.org<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n 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