[Via Communist Internet... http://www.egroups.com/group/Communist-Internet ] . . ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 5:20 AM Subject: [CLM] CLM: Urgent Action - CUT Colombia [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK] STOP NATO: NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------- ListBot Sponsor -------------------------- Have you visited eBayTM lately? The Worlds Marketplace where you can buy and sell practically anything keeps getting better. From consumer electronics to movies, find it all on eBay. What are you waiting for? Try eBay today. http://www.bcentral.com/listbot/ebay ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subj: CLM: Urgent Action - CUT Colombia Date: 7/2/01 6:56:01 AM Mountain Daylight Time From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colombian Labor Monitor) Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________________________________________________________ COLOMBIAN LABOR MONITOR www.prairienet.org/clm Monday, 2 July 2001 ***************** * URGENT ACTION * ***************** The following is an Urgent Action appeal from the Human Rights Department of the CUT Colombia which was issued on Friday, 29th June 2001. Send protest e-mails, faxes and letters demanding a) protection for trade unionists under threat and b) the removal of state impunity from those carrying out the assassinations to: Doctor Andres Pastrana Arango President of the Republic, Palacio de Narino, Santafe de Bogota DC E-mail: rdh@. presidencia.gov.co Fax: 00571 3362109 / 337 1351 / 2867434 / 286 6842 With copies to: CUT Trade Union Federation, Departmento Derechos Humanos, Calle 35 No 7-25 Piso 9, Bogota, Colombia. Tel/Fax: 00571 288 8577 / 323 7550 E-mail: cutcol@. col3.telecom.com.co Colombia Solidarity Campaign, PO Box 8446, London N17 6NZ E-mail: colombia_sc@. hotmail.com Colombian Labor Monitor E-mail: clm@. prairienet.org BARBARISM AGAINST COLOMBIAN TRADE UNIONS CONTINUES Through its Human Rights Department, the Colombian United Workers Federation (CUT) denounces the state of insecurity of trade union leaders, which is clearly and categorically reflected in the violations of human rights that have so far this year left 55 trade unionists assassinated. ASSASSINATION In the night hours of 27th June 2001 comrade CRISTOBAL URIBE BELTRAN was kidnapped by unknown persons. He was a worker in the Health Secretariat in North Santander and a member of CUT affiliated union ANTHOC - the Association of Workers and Employees in Hospitals, Clinics and Organisations dedicating to Protecting the Health of the Community. This kidnapping took place in the Municipality of Tibu in North Santander and ended up with the assassination of comrade Cristobal who was apparently killed by bullet wounds on 28th June. THREATS Comrade JORGE NISPERUZA, president of the executive of CUT - Cordoba, was forcibly displaced from the city of Monteria, in the Department of Cordoba as the consequence of an ultimatum obliging him to leave the region within 24 hours or be executed. Right now we do not know in what city or region our displaced comrade might be found, he had to leave his activities and his family because of this serious threat on his life. Comrade MARIO DE JESUS CASTANEDA, president of the CUT - Huila departmental executive found himself under death threat, on a list of trade unions in Neiva, the capital city of Huila. It is important to make known that up to this point the Colombian government has not established the necessary protection measures so that the comrade is not assassinated and to guarantee his trade union activity. Comrade GERARDO RODRIGO GENO GUERRERO, president of the National Bankworkers union of Bancolombia S.S. - SINTRABANCOL has in the last three years been the target of many telephone threats that clearly show his life is in danger. These calls have also been trying to extort money. To date, despite the history of danger in which the comrade and his family live, the Colombian government has still not adopted protection measures. These recent cases of violations of our Human Rights leave it very clear that the government of Doctor Andres Pastrana Arango, President of the Republic of Colombia, does not have the will nor the political commitment to implement real and immediate mechanisms to protect our lives. The government is thereby violating the National Constitution, agreements and international treaties, and the most recent recommendations of the Human Rights Commission of the United Nations and the International Labour Organisation. The Colombian Government, to avoid assuming its political responsibility, says, especially to the international community, that it is unable to guarantee lives in the situation of armed conflict in the country. This is an excuse that cannot be accepted because whether in times of peace or in times of war, the government is obliged to guarantee the right to life and to provide the means of us conducting free trade union activity. Via Andy Higginbottom andy@. tetrachoice.demon.co.uk ________________________________________________________________ **************************************************************** * CLM-NEWS is brought to you by the COLOMBIAN LABOR MONITOR at * * http://www.prairienet.org/clm * * and the CHICAGO COLOMBIA COMMITTEE * * Email us at clm@. prairienet.org or * * Dennis Grammenos at dgrammen@. prairienet.org * **************************************************************** * To unsubscribe send request to listproc@. prairienet.org * * unsubscribe clm-news * **************************************************************** ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
