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Jailed Honduran Farmers on Hunger Strike
TEGUCIGALPA - A
total of 38 Honduran farmers arrested by the putschist regime began an indefinite hunger
strike, demanding their release and the
return of institutionality.
The farmers were arrested Wednesday when
police and soldiers ousted 55 people from
the National Agrarian Institute (INA).
"We're being charged with sedition because
we are calling for the return of our
president. Anything can be expected from
this criminal government. Lawyers say they
want to lock up for ten years," said Ramon
Diaz, one of the hunger strikers.
Apart from President Zelaya's restitution,
the strikers also demand an agrarian reform
and the protection of the files on land
granting.
President Manuel Zelaya, ousted from power
after the coup, had begun procedures for a
legislative decree granting small plots of
land to 300,000 farmers who had been
claiming the land for 40 years.
"We are starting a hunger strike to demand a
just trial, the restitution of President
Zelaya, and respect for our right to the
land," said Benedicto Flores, another jailed
farmer.
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