[3] According to his brother, Carlos Medina Polanco, Héctor had received death threats on several occasions over the past six months as a result of his work in publicizing human rights issues.
[1] Front Line believes that the killing of Héctor Francisco Medina Polanco is directly related to his work in the defense of human rights, particularly his reporting of agricultural and corruption issues in Honduras.
"The repression has been stepped up again in the wake of the testimony about the situation that representatives of grass-roots movements, civil society organizations and NGOs gave to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, now in session.
As regards the areas covered by our mandates, we believe that there will be no peace in Honduras as long as: On 28 March 2012, activist Miriam Miranda was beaten by police and soldiers, arrested and held for 12 hours.
López and two other people were detained during a protest against privatization of the education sector, fuel price increases and poor working conditions in garment assembly plants (known as maquilas).
Carlos Medina Polanco noted that both President Porfirio Lobo Sosa and Security Minister Oscar Álvarez have promised to bring the assassins to justice, but to date they are still awaiting information about any results in the investigation.
[5] Mr. Porfirio Lobo Sosa and his allies are trying to reinstate Honduras as an OAS member during the General Assembly next June, shading human rights violations that he frequently calls "export political actions by groups that live off that.