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After Supreme Court confirms dismissal

[Translation of an article from Tiempo of San Pedro Sula, Honduras, for June 1, from an Agence France Presse dispatch. See also “In Honduras, hunger strike over fired judges continues” posted here on May 28.]

Tegucigalpa – Two judges and two other participants who had been on hunger strike in Honduras for 17 days quit the protest on Tuesday after the magistrates of the Supreme Court declined to reinstate the four judges who had been dismissed.

“The hunger strike is suspended but we are going to begin other actions on an international level, in the International Criminal Court (ICC), the Organization of American States and other bodies, to make it known that the coup d’état in Honduras has not been reversed,” one of the strikers, Guillermo López, told AFP. (more…)

[Translations of two articles from Revistazo.com of Honduras, the first from May 24, the second from May 27, on the dismissal of four judges who had been critical of the coup d’état and the de facto governments in power since it occurred. See also “Honduran judges dismissed for condemning corruption in judicial branch” posted here on May 7.]

Campesinos from Bajo Aguán join hunger strike

By Eleana Borjas Coello

Despite the persistent rain that has fallen in the past few hours and the exposure to contaminants flourishing around the Plaza de la Merced, the judges on hunger strike are still waging their struggle for an independent and impartial supreme court. Eight more people joined the strike today.

“When it first began to rain we had it a little hard but two or three days ago, with the support of other organizations, we managed to get some platforms and attach the canvas better, and now we don’t get as wet as before,” commented Luis Chévez de la Rocha, one of the judges on hunger strike. (more…)