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After
a brief lull in the attacks, Trade Unionists in Colombia
are once again in the front line of attacks from both
Rightwing Paramilitary death squads and the fascist
like government under the Dictatorship of Uribe.
On
Friday 21st February the National trade union of University
workers “SINTRAUNICOL” received information
from reliable sources that the Self Defence Forces
of Colombia (AUC) planned to assassinate the following
comrades: JOSE ADONIA MUNER ORTEGA, National president
Sintraunicol, Dr. ALEXANDER LOPEZ MAYA, CARLOS ARBEY
GONZALEZ QUINTERO, Sintraunicol Cali, JESUS ANTONIO
GONZALEZ LUNA and LUIS CARLOS MOREIRA ROLDAN.
Shortly
after a meeting was held with the Rector of the University
of Valle, to discuss the threats SINTRAEMCALI activist
FREDY PERILLA MONTOYA was assassinated.
At
7:30 p.m. FREDY PERILLA MONTOYA was stopped by unknown
individuals who were travelling in a White Truck with
polarised windows, with number plates BNJ 469. The
individuals tried to force him to enter the truck,
but he refused, and when they realised that they would
be unable to carry out their mission to take him away
they then turned and shot him six times.
The
events occurred just 50 metres from the Central Telephone
office in San Fernando, Cali, where he had worked
for five years. As usual no one has been arrested.
The
Association for Social Research and Action, NOMADESC,
the Cali Municipal Corporation Workers Union, SINTRAEMCALI,
and other organisations that belong to the "The
National and International Human Rights Campaign Against
Privatisation, Corruption, and the Criminalisation
of Social Protest", strongly denounce the vile
assassination of the SINTRAEMCALI activist FREDY PERILLA
MONTOYA, carried out on 21st February, 2003. And the
death threats issued against the above.
1/
Demand that the Colombian government stops its harassment,
threats, persecution and other crimes against activists
and leaders SINTRAEMCALI.
2/ Call for an impartial investigation into the above
mentioned events and sanction the material and intellectual
authors of this horrific crime.
3/ Demand that sufficient security is provided immediately
and all necessary measures to safeguard the physical
and psychological integrity of those named above and
there families.
4/ Demand that the state organs of control, that have
been investigating earlier systematic persecution
and assassination attempts especially on the life
of Alexander López Maya immediately present
the findings of their investigation, and explain why
they have freed people who were involved in these
events.
5/ Demand that the Colombian government abandons Resolution
141 which aims to put EMCALI EICE into liquidation
and that they comply with the earlier agreement signed
on the 29th of January, 2002. Please send messages
to:
Please
send messages to:
Presidente
de la Republica de Colombia, Dr. Alvaro Uribe Vélez,
Palacio de Mariño, Carrera 8 No.7-26 Santafe
de Bogota, COLOMBIA Fax: 00 57 1 286 74 34/286, 68
42/284 21 86 E-mail: auribe@presidencia.gov.co; rdh@presidencia.gov.co
Vicepresidente
de la Republica de Colombia Francisco Santos Conserjería
Presidencial de Derechos Humanos
Calle 7, No 654, Piso 3 Santafe de Bogota, COLOMBIA
Fax: 00 57 1 337 1351 E-mail: mdn@cable.net.co;
infprotocol@mindefensa.gov.co; siden@mindefensa.gov.co
Ministro
del Interior y Justicia, Fernando Londoño Hoyos
Ministerio del Interior y Justicia Palacio Echeverri,
Carrera 8a, No.8-09, piso 2o., Santafe de Bogota,
Colombia Fax:00 57 1 286 8025 E-mail: mininterior@myrealbox.com;
The
aim of The Colombian Trade Union Solidarity Campaign
is to promote, defend and develop the rights of Colombian
workers to belong to a trade union of their choice
free from intimidation and terror.
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