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12 Feb 2014

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Human Rights Watch Americas

Honduras: No Justice for Wave of Killings Over Land

…The…report, “‘There Are No Investigations Here’: Impunity for Killings and Other Abuses in Bajo Aguán, Honduras” examines 29 homicides and two abductions in Bajo Aguán since 2009, as well as human rights violations by soldiers and police…The Bajo Aguán region of northern Honduras has been the setting for long-running, often violent land disputes…contested between campesino groups and agro-industrial businesses that mostly cultivate African palm oil…While the majority of the victims have been campesinos, security guards employed by private firms have also been killed. ..The alleged involvement of security guards working for agro-industrial businesses in Bajo Aguán…prompted an investigation by the International Finance Corporation’s…accountability …into the IFC’s lending to Dinant Corporation. Dinant Corporation told Human Rights Watch it carries out internal investigations into all reports of abuse involving its personnel and cooperates fully with the authorities in relation to any criminal allegations…

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