Honduras: UN Demands 'Impartial' Investigation Into 'Military Murder' of Three Indigenous Men
Honduras: UN Demands 'Impartial' Investigation Into 'Military Murder' of Three Indigenous Men
Published 25 May 2018
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has called on Honduran authorities to carry out an “impartial” investigation into the murders of three Indigenous men from the Warunta community in the Miskito Coast.
In a statement issued Thursday, the OHCHR said authorities should "carry out the investigative diligence in an impartial way that allows for the prompt and effective clarification of what happened.”
Four soldiers are being investigated for allegedly participating in the murder of Miskito indigenous men Patricio Pravia, Orban Coba and Darlin Soto on May 19 in the coastal area bordering Nicaragua.
The U.N. agency condemned the deaths and said state investigations must establish “responsibilities that by law fall upon the authors of such lamentable act, providing justice and reparations to the victims and their families, taking into account they are part of an Indigenous people.”
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