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3 September 2007 In Colombia, according Alvaro Uribe, the paramilitary groups have demobilised but the reality is that they are even more active from either inside or outside jail. Our union, Unión Sindical Obrera, (the Oilworkers Union of Colombia) has been the object of written and telephoned death threats against leaders. These are attributed to “Águilas Negras” [the Black Eagles]. Each time the government and state oil corporation Ecopetrol’s management implement privatisation programmes (or give away our resources), the threats increase against the union – as now when the workers reject the decision to sell shares that started on 27 August. |
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13 September 2007 ESPAÑOL / ENGLISH In his ‘free testimony’ given to an Attorney under the Justice and Peace law, Pérez accused oilworkers union USO, regional human rights organisation Credhos, the Corporación Desarrollo y Paz del Magdalena Medio [Magdalena Medio Development and Peace Corporation], the OFP Popular Women’s Organisation and ACVC, the Campesino Association of the Cimitarra River Valley of "criminal activities in the service of armed marxism” |
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Cali, 23 May 2007, ENGLISH / ESPAÑOL
The Foundation Committee of Solidarity with Political Prisoners (Valle de
Cauca Section), bring to the attention of unions, social organizations and
of national and international human rights organizations the presence of two
infiltrating functionaries of the police |
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12 May 2007, ENGLISH/ESPAÑOL
- CONTINUING THE STRATEGY OF ANGLO GOLD ASHANTI
International and national organisations accompanying the communities of Sur
de Bolívar have been threatened alongside miners leaders.
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Colombia, 7 March 2007. ENGLISH/ESPAÑOL
The Solidarity Committee with Political Prisoners FCSPP and the Social
Corporation for Community Advice and Capacitatión COS-PACC, call the
attention of national and international public opinion to the following |
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10 February 2007 - Bucaramanga, Colombia (ENGLISH/ ESPAÑOL) "[If there is] no response we declare them military targets of the Black Eagles as they prefer – death, torture, cut into pieces, coup de grace – in Magdalena Medio style – this defines you as terrorists of the guerrillas – no more noisy fuss – remember our commander Mancuso does not like noise.“
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On 14 December 2006, in the city of Barranquilla, a communiqué was left at
the residence of Euripides Yance, a Coca-Cola worker and member of the
National Committee of SINALTRAINAL. The communiqué is entitled BLACK EAGLES
[AGUILAS NEGRAS] and threatens various student, social and trade union
leaders, giving them a week to leave the city. Amongst them are members and
leaders of SINALTRAINAL and workers at Coca-Cola EURIPIDES YANCE, LIMBERTO
CARRANZA, and CAMPO QUINTERO. |
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On the evening of November 19, 2006, the journalist FREDY MUÑOZ ALTAMIRANDA,
correspondent in Colombia for Canal TELESUR, was detained by agents from the
Administrative Department of Security (DAS), when he returned to Colombia
after having participated in a TELESUR audiovisual narrative workshop that
took place in the neighboring country of Venezuela. By order of the Fifth
District Attorney’s Office in Barranquilla, FREDY was detained and charged
with rebellion. |
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Santiago de Cali, Colombia, 5 October 2006 (ENGLISH/ESPAÑOL)
The Colombia Solidarity Campaign is very sad to have to report the murder of another student at the University of Valle - Julian Andres Hurtado Castillo.
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