Suspended trial for the murder case of Berta Cáceres
- The family of Cáceres has appealed to the Office of the Prosecutor of Honduras against the Court of Justice of the Supreme Court of Justice (CJEU), which has requested the amendment of the Constitutional Court (CJEU). In this case, the trial shall not be initiated until the appeal is resolved.
According to Other Worlds, the trial for the murder of Berta Cáceres, which took place on Monday, 3 March 2016, has been suspended. In view of the irregularities committed by the court during the entire preliminary proceedings and the judge ' s unwillingness to prosecute the intellectual perpetrators of the murder, individuals who were responsible for preparing and recruiting the assassins to commit the murder, COPINH has demanded the court ' s amendment, paralyzing the proceedings. The organization has stated that “we call for the initial jury to be changed to a court that guarantees the conditions for seeking justice in the process.” According to COPINH, in the case of Berta Cáceres, the process of doing justice allows “to deal with and dismantle structures that act against the community of Honduras and the rule of law”.
Initially, the judicial process was expected to continue until 19 October, according to initial forecasts. But the last-minute facts will prevent the process from continuing until the Prosecutor’s Office resolves the appeal. According to Other Worlds, the deadline for the appeal is short, as on 5 November the pre-trial detention of four of the eight defendants ends.
“Guilty DESA”
Together with the judicial process, COPINH has launched the “DESA Errudun” campaign, the aim of which is to show the responsibility of DESA (Desarrollo Energia S.A.) in the assassination of Cáceres. The company DESA owns the hydroelectric project “Agua Zarca” which was about to collide in the battle of Cáceres. In the face of the construction of the hydroelectric dam intended to build the project, Cáceres strongly defended the people of Lenca and the Gualcarque River and was therefore murdered. There is evidence that the company DESA is behind the death of Cáceres and that it has a criminal record.
COPINH has stressed that the cause of Cáceres is the same one that has fought more than 200 people killed each year to defend their territory against similar projects, as well as organizations that claim the collective rights of peoples and the rights of women at international level. As they have pointed out, with the complicity of governments and dream forces, the murder of Cáceres shows the impunity of several companies for imposing their vision of “development”. The campaign aims to make all this visible.
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