Dear Mr. President,
The international community is disturbed at the wave of violence unleashed against journalists in Honduras without there being to date any investigation to identify those responsible, punish them and thus prevent these offenses from going unpunished.
As you are aware, in recent weeks your country has been the scene of the murder, under varying circumstances, of six journalists in various parts of the country: José Hernández (killed on March 1), David Meza (March 11), Nahúm Palacios (March 14), José Bayardo Mairena and Manuel Juárez (March 26), and Georgino Orellano (April 20).
Civil society calls upon your government to act to end the reigning climate of impunity and urges that the guilty be identified and punished under the full weight of the law. We take the liberty of calling your attention to these cases, asking you to please instruct the relevant authorities in your country not to cease their respective investigations and thus not allow these deaths to go unpunished.
Sincerely,
