Pokigron
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Coordinates: 4 ° 29 ′ N , 55 ° 22 ′ W Pokigron on the map of Suriname
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| Country | Suriname | |
| District | Sipaliwini | |
| Residents | 500 | |
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| Waters | Suriname | |
| Time zone | UTC −3 | |
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Pokigron is a predominantly Saramaccaner ( Marrons ) inhabited village in Suriname in the Sipaliwini district , immediately south of the Brokopondo reservoir , on the left bank of the Suriname .
Pokigron is inhabited by around 500 people. The village is of particular importance for traffic in the bushland, as it is the last place in Suriname that can be reached by land from the capital Paramaribo . The last section of the former sand track between Paranam and Pokigron has been paved since 2011.
DAF trucks (the so-called "Jumbos") and minibuses that have been converted for passenger transport drive from Saramaccastraat in Paramaribo via Paranam , Brokopondo and Brownsweg , west along the reservoir to the river port of Pokigron, Atjoni. This is the transshipment point for people and goods that are transported to and from the upper reaches of Suriname by buses and trucks - and by canoes ( Korjale ).
Jungle war
During the domestic or jungle war (1986 to 1992) between the two protagonists Ronnie Brunswijk as the leader of the jungle command on the one hand and Desi Bouterse as the coup leader and commander in chief of the military on the other, the place hit the headlines in a special way. In early 1987 Pokigron was occupied by the Jungle Command. The military launched a counterattack in September 1987. According to the military, 40 members of the jungle command are said to have been killed. That claim was later reduced to 15 members killed. A French medical team that had investigated the incident came to the conclusion that there was no fighting at all between the two groups. Rather, they declared that innocent citizens had been murdered.
The attempt by the military in October 1987, accompanied by journalists from the Netherlands to provide counter-evidence for the allegations on site, turned out to be dubious.
judgment
The case went to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and the Surinamese government was sentenced to pay damages on September 10, 1993. To date (2020) these events in Suriname have not been investigated or prosecuted.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Inter-American Court of Human Rights Case of Aloeboetoe et al. v. Suriname Judgment of September 10, 1993 (PDF; 157 kB) English, accessed on January 17, 2020.