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PROTECT TRADE UNIONISTS
IN COLOMBIA
Send emails asking that our union
brothers and sisters in Colombia be
protected in the face of ongoing
death threats.
SINTRAUNICOL, the union of university
staff workers, is a sister union of the
PSC; we have met with several of its
members (including Carlos Gonzalez and
Ariel Diaz). Ariel Diaz replied to our
last letter saying it was really helpful
to them for us to send statements to the
Uribe government. Now the International
Committee calls on all PSC members to do
that, protesting this latest death
threat. Below are sample letters that
you can copy and paste into email
messages to send to President Uribe.
Please copy and e-mail to:
President
Alvaro Uribe Vélez,*
auribe@presidencia.gov.co
Vice-President
Francisco Santos,
fsantos@presidencia.gov.co
Human Rights
Director Carlos Franco,
cefranco@presidencia.gov.co
UN Human
Rights Official Michael Frühling,
oacnudh@hchr.org.co
*Please copy to SINTRAUNICOL at
sintraunicolnacional@yahoo.com
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ENGLISH:
To:
auribe@presidencia.gov.co
Subject: Death Threats
against SINTRAUNICOL
Dear Dr. Alvaro Uribe Vélez:
On Saturday 30 October, a
leaflet was delivered to the
offices of
SINTRAUNICOL in Bogotá,
threatening several of the union
leadership. It read, in part, as
follows:
“The National University
Commando AUC will therefore kill
the
following guerrillas: Antonio
Flores, Milena Cobos, Ariel
Diaz,
Carlos Gonzalez, Eduardo Camacho
and Alvaro Villamizar. They will
be executed this term.We warn
that all other members of this
organisation must renounce
their membership now. The trade
union must disappear.”
We ask that:
The lives and the physical and
psychological well being of
ANTONIO
FLORES, MILENA COBO, ARIEL DIAZ,
CARLOS GONZALEZ, EDUARDO CAMACHO
and ALVARO VILLAMIZAR and all
other members of SINTRAUNICOL
are protected;
Investigations are immediately
carried out into these events,
and
all the cases of persecution
against SINTRAUNICOL, so that
those
responsible for these threats
and persecution are brought to
justice;
The state guarantees the right
to trade union activity in
Colombia,
both for SINTRAUNICOL and all
other trade unions in the
country, in
conformity with the
recommendations of International
Organisations
in this field;
The autonomy of the
universities, academic freedom
and freedom of
expression in Colombian
universities is respected and
guaranteed.
Sincerely, etc., etc. |
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SPANISH:
To:
auribe@presidencia.gov.co
Subject:
amenazas contra SINTRAUNICOL
Estimado Dr.
Uribe:
El día sábado 30 de octubre
llegó a las instalaciones de
Sintraunicol Seccional Bogotá un
panfleto en el cual los "Comandos
Nacionales Universitarios" de
las AUC amenazan de muerte a
varios miembros de Sintraunicol:
‘Los Comandos Nacionales
Universitarios - AUC entregamos
parte de muerte para los
siguientes guerrilleros: Antonio
Flores, Milena
Cobos, Ariel Díaz, Carlos
Gonzáles, Eduardo Camacho y
Alvaro Villamizar, quienes
deberán ser ejecutados en este
trimestre.
Hacemos un Cordial llamado para
que otros integrantes en todo el
país que han sido advertidos se
desvinculen de su organización o
mejor aún que desaparezca su
sindicato.’
SOLICITAMOS
1. Se garantice la vida e
integridad física y psicológica
de ANTONIO FLORES, MILENA COBO,
ARIEL DIAZ, CARLOS GONZALES,
EDUARDO CAMACHO Y ALVARO
VILLAMIZAR y demás miembros de
SINTRAUNICOL.
2. Se adelanten las
investigaciones relacionadas con
estos hechos, así como de los
que en el transcurso del tiempo
se han venido cometiendo en
contra del sindicato de
SINTRAUNICOL con el fin de
juzgar y sancionar a los
responsables de las amenazas y
hostigamientos de los que han
sido víctimas
3. Se garantice por parte de las
autoridades estatales el libre
ejercicio de la actividad
sindical de SINTRAUNICOL, así
como de las demás organizaciones
de trabajadores de conformidad
con las disposiciones y
recomendaciones de organismos
supranacionales en la materia
4. Se garantice la autonomía
universitaria, la libertad de
cátedra y el ejercicio de la
libertad de expresión al
interior de las universidades e
instituciones educativas
colombianas.
A usted atentamente, etc., etc. |
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