Below is a quick translation of an original message in Spanish from volunteer Alessandro Bellini with the Italy – Central America Collective. As more information emerges, we will try to pass it on.
Hello friends,
The Association for the Development of the Peninsula of Zacate Grande
ADEPZA
"La tierra no se vende, se cuide y se defiende"
"The land is not for sale, it is to be cared for and protected"
Partners in Honduras have advised that at 4pm today, January 27, three peasants were detained by police during an eviction of one hundred families by police and military in the campamento “Buenos Amigos” in Saba Colón. It is not clear if security forces had an eviction order or arrest warrants. Community members reported that one of the detained men had been tortured.
COFADEH calls on the international community to intervene without further delay in matters that were formally national affairs.
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH)
COPINH, the Municipal Resistance Front, the Catholic church, and members of various communities of the municipality of Colomoncagua would like to communicate the following:
A retransmission, in Spanish, of a forum held by the National Popular Resistance Front on November 4, 2010 in Tegucigalpa with four Commissioners from the True Commission (Comisión de Verdad), including Elsie Monje from Ecuador (President of the Commission), Craig Scott (Canada), François Houtart (Belgium) and Helen Umaña (Honduras).
At the end of this post is an English translation of a press release by the Platform for Action in for Youth Rights in Honduras (Plataforma de Acción en Pro de los Derechos Juveniles de Honduras) released yesterday, October 15, 2010.
