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Thursday, 06 March 2008 00:00

Remember the victims of para-militarism, para-politics and the crimes of the State

FOR THE DISAPPEARED! FOR THE DISPLACED! FOR THE MASSACRED! FOR THE EXECUTED!

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Around 4 million people have been displaced in Colombia , mostly by extreme right wing paramilitary groups. These groups, working either on their own or in coordination with the armed forces, have ‘disappeared’ at least 15,000 people. The corpses of 3,000 of these victims have been found in common graves, others were just thrown into the rivers.

More than 1,700 indigenous people have been assassinated, as have been 2,550 trade unionists, and around 5,000 members of the Unión Patriótica.  Regularly, the paramilitaries torture the victims before killing them. The paramilitaries have carried out 3,500 massacres (where five or more victims are murdered) between 1982 and 2005. They have robbed more than six million hectares of land.

Since 2002 and their supposed ‘demobilisation’, the paramilitaries continue to assassinate 600 people each year. They have reached the point of controlling 35% of politicians elected to Parliament.

And since President Uribe’s election in 2002 members of the National Army have committed more than  950 executions, the majority presented as positive killings of guerrillas in combat, when really they are assassinations of civilians, kown as  'false positives'.

In January 2008 alone, the paramilitaries committed 2 massacres, 9 forced disappearances and  8 homicides, and the Army has committed 16 extra-judicial  executions.

In Colombia , agents of the State and the paramilitaries violate human rights and humanitarian law. Many of the paramilitary groups have not been demobilised. They now call themselves the Black Eagles. Many para-politicians are still in public office and in posts in the diplomatic corps. 

Common Graves - Never  Again! Forced Displacement - Never Again!
Para-militaries - Never Again!
 Para-políticians - Never  Again! State Crimes -  Never  Again!

National Movement of the Victims of State Crime
Statement calling for vigils on 6 March 2008

SOLIDARITY EVENTS Thursday, 6 March

11am Parliament Square (opposite Houses of Parliament) and No More Military Aid To Colombia organised by Justice for Colombia , ICTUR, Unite supported by Latin American Workers Association and the Collective for the Humanitarian Accord

 5.30pm – 7.30pm Vigil opposite Downing Street, Whitehall  organised by Colombia Solidarity Campaign, the Collective for the Humanitarian Accord, Latin American Workers Association and Movimiento Ecuador en el Reino Unido, MERU.

Down with State Terrorism in Colombia !  Defend Grass Roots Organisations!  No More Dirty War! No More Military Aid!

1pm Bristol, Wills Memorial Building, BS8 1RJ for a symbolic street action held in solidarity for those marching in Colombia for the Victims of Paramilitarism, Para-politics and the Crimes of the State, and to call for an end to UK military aid to Colombia.  The action will consist of a gang of costumed corrupt government officials, fat cat businessmen and paramilitaries guarding and abusing hooded and chained prisoners; with banners on display and leaflets passed out, we call for anyone to get down and help get the message out. 'STOP COLOMBIA STATE TERROR' Organised by Bristol Branch of Colombia Solidarity Campaign


Homenaje nacional a las víctimas del paramilitarismo, la parapolítica y los crímenes de Estado

POR LOS DESAPARECIDOS 

POR LOS DESPLAZADOS

POR LOS MASACRADOS
POR LOS EJECUTADOS

En Colombia han sido desplazadas cerca de cuatro millones de personas, en su mayoría por los grupos paramilitares. Estos grupos, solos o en conjunto con miembros de las fuerzas militares, han desaparecido al menos a 15.000 compatriotas y los han enterrado en más de 3.000 fosas comunes o han arrojado sus cadáveres a los ríos; han asesinado a más de 1.700 indígenas, 2.550 sindicalistas, y cerca de 5.000 miembros de la Unión Patriótica.

Regularmente torturan a sus víctimas antes de matarlas. Entre 1982 y 2005 los paramilitares perpetraron más de 3.500 masacres, y robaron más de seis millones de hectáreas de tierra. Desde 2002, después de su 'desmovilización', han asesinado 600 personas cada año. Llegaron a controlar el 35% del Parlamento. Desde 2002 hasta hoy, miembros del Ejército Nacional han cometido más de 950 ejecuciones, la mayoría presentadas como 'positivos'.

Tan solo en enero de 2008, los paramilitares cometieron 2 masacres, 9 desapariciones forzadas, 8 homicidios, y el Ejército ha cometido 16 ejecuciones extrajudiciales.

En Colombia , agentes del Estado y paramilitares violan los derechos humanos y el derecho humanitario. Muchos grupos paramilitares no se han desmovilizado. Ahora se hacen llamar Águilas Negras. Muchos parapolíticos están en cargos públicos y diplomáticos.

¡Nunca más fosas comunes - Nunca más desplazamientos forzados -
Nunca más paramilitares - Nunca más parapolíticos - Nunca más crímenes de Estado!

Movimiento Nacional de Víctimas de Crímenes de Estado

EVENTOS DE SOLIDARIDAD EN LONDRES el jueves, 6 de marzo

11am Parliament Square (frente Houses of Parliament) y No Más Ayuda Militar a Colombia convocado por Justice for Colombia, ICTUR, Unite con el respaldo de la Asociacion de Trabajadores Latinoamericanos y el Colectivo Acuerdo Humanitario 

5.30pm – 7.30pm Vigilia frente Downing Street, Whitehall  convocado por Colombia Solidarity Campaign, el Colectivo Acuerdo Humanitario, la Asociacion de Trabajadoradores Latinoamericanos y  el Movimiento Ecuador en el Reino Unido, MERU

¡NO MAS TERRORISMO DE ESTADO EN COLOMBIA!

¡NO MAS ASESINATOS CONTRA MIEMBROS DE ORGANIZACIONES SOCIALES Y POPULARES!

¡NO MÁS GUERRA SUCIA!

¡NO MÁS AYUDA MILITAR!

 

 

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