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German public bank withdrew funding Dinant Corporation for violations of human rights in the Lower Aguán




04/12/2011 Heidelberg, April 12, 2011 - The development bench DEG (Deutsche Entwicklungsgesellschaft), based in Cologne / Germany, said yesterday in a letter to the FIAN International Secretariat that after analyzing in depth the situation of agrarian conflict in Lower Aguán, Honduras, took the decision not to continue the contractual relationship with the Corporation in Dinant Honduras. The SDR states that, therefore, will not disburse the loan agreed earlier with this company. The owner of the Corporación Dinant, Miguel Facussé, had stated in an interview with the national press in 2010, the loan agreement with DEG was 20 million USD.

Prior to this decision, FIAN International had submitted to the SDR the "Report International Preliminary Mission "that between February 25 and March 3, 2011 had investigated human rights violations in the Lower Aguán, on the Atlantic coast of Honduras. This mission was undertaken as a joint effort of international networks APRODEV, CIFCA, FIAN International FIDH, Rel-UITA and Via Campesina, with the support of the national human rights organizations COFADEH, CDM, CIPRODEH, Truth and FIAN Honduras. The preliminary report of the mission had also delivered March 25, 2011 in Washington to Honduras Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights.

face of serious human rights violations documented in this report and the evidence collected about the involvement of private security firms hired by Miguel Facussé in human rights abuses, in particular murder of peasants in Lower Aguán, FIAN was requested to review their SDR contractual relationship with these companies, especially with the Corporación Dinant, and suspend its financial cooperation with them.

FIAN welcomes this important decision by the SDR, as it follows the recommendations issued by the International Mission: "We ask that in the particular case of Aguán Under bilateral and multilateral development banks to review all of their cooperation agreements financial security forces public and private companies allegedly involved in acts of violence, harassment and violations of human rights in the region. "

Wolpold Bosien Martin, coordinator of FIAN for Central America, believes that the decision of the SDR is a very important step, "FIAN welcomes this decision, it can have a positive effect to prevent further human rights violations against peasant communities in the Lower Aguán, when you understand the actors that generate the repression that such behavior has costs financial. " "Also," continues Wolpold-Bosien, "reinforces similar petitions filed other aid agencies continue to fund companies that reported, as is the case with the International Finance Corporation World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, and the British government under the Clean Development Mechanism. "

View Preliminary Report of the Mission Campaign Letters InternacionalVer Rainforest Rescue British government http://www.salvalaselva.org/mailalert/694/gobierno-britanico-y-derechos-humanos-comercio-de-carbono-ensangrentado- en Honduras View photos of Lower Aguan Giorgio Trucchi in http://www2.rel-uita.org/galeria/?id=138

Source: http://www.fian.org/noticias/comunicados-de- prensa-1/honduras-violaciones-de-derechos-humanos-banco-publico-aleman-retira-financiamiento