*Hasta siempre - Valentina and VOCES DEL SUR Songs | ReverbNation http://www.reverbnation.com/open_graph/song/9883358 <http://t.co/lL6bqJiXMP> * * * * * *[image: Hands Off Venezuela]Hands Off Venezuela @HOVcampaign*<https://twitter.com/HOVcampaign> *27m* <https://twitter.com/HOVcampaign/status/340431248633761795>
*president @NicolasMaduro <https://twitter.com/NicolasMaduro> "I have lost confidence in Santos, he broke the Santa Marta agreement" http://www. aporrea.org/tiburon/n229928.html <http://t.co/HMwK8TW8Xe>* * * * * *[image: Hands Off Venezuela]Hands Off Venezuela @HOVcampaign*<https://twitter.com/HOVcampaign> *TODAY: twitter campaign demands Julian Conrado freedom & asylum http:// aporrea.org/ddhh/n229848.html <http://t.co/pNBz9Fb7U6> http:// venezuelanalysis.com/news/6377 <http://t.co/A3PkMchO3Z> # LibertadAsiloPaJulianConrado<https://twitter.com/search?q=%23LibertadAsiloPaJulianConrado&src=hash> * FARC Singer Conrado Formally Seeks Asylum in Venezuela Jul 26th 2011, by Tamara Pearson Venezuelanalysis.com [image: Colombias Guillermo Enrique Torres (aka Julian Conrado, or the Singer) (archive).] Colombias Guillermo Enrique Torres (aka Julian Conrado, or the Singer) (archive). Mérida, July 25th 2011 (Venezuelanalysis.com) Protest singer and member of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), Julian Conrado, formally requested asylum in Venezuela almost two months after Venezuelan authorities arrested him there with the declared intention of extraditing him to Colombia Conrado, known as the singer, and whose real name is Guillermo Enrique Torres, was born in 1957, and composed over 100 songs of protest, including From my people to the guerrilla, an unofficial anthem of the FARC. Venezuelan authorities detained him following information received from Colombia intelligence on 31 May and said he would be deported to Colombia. A national group of artists called Dont silence the singer, formed on 11 June this year to demand Conrados freedom, released a letter they received from him which formally requests asylum in Venezuela. The letter, dated 20 July, was written inside the cover of a book. The letter read: I, Guillermo Enrique Torres, identification card number 9,281,852, from Turbaco, Bolivar, Colombia, [request of Venezuelan] Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro, ACNUR [the [United Nations Refugee Agency], and whoever else it may concern: I came [to Venezuela] from Colombia because my life was under threat and I was captured in Venezuela on 31 May. My human rights havent been recognised, nor even my right to make a statement in my defence. I have problems in my prostate gland and other illnesses. I request asylum and refuge in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. The letter concludes with two of his finger prints and his signature. According to the Dont silence the singer group, writing for Tribuna Popular, it is not known if legal proceedings are still underway to transfer Conrado to Colombia, but the group says he is in Boleita, Caracas, in the head office of the Military Intelligence (DIM), and in solitary confinement. Conrado wrote a letter to his supporters a few days before the above letter, smuggling it out through an anonymous Bolivarian soldier, according to Dont silence the singer. In this one he commented more generally about his legal and political situation: Caracas, [Nelson] Mandelas birthday [18 July], 2011, brothers and sisters from around the world who give me their solidarity, from my captivity in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, I appreciate your support and the courage you give me to continue. I know that according to international laws and those of Venezuela that my extradition to Colombia or the U.S. isnt possible, and that Comandante Chavez knows perfectly well that no state based motivation can be above inherent rights of humans or above revolutionary principals. Comrade Chavez also knows that this decision wont mean anything but torture and death, and Che [Guevara] said it very clearly, the most beautiful quality of a revolutionary is to feel deeply any justice committed against anyone anywhere in the world Either way, I want you all to know that whatever happens I wont give up and I wont betray [anyone], my heart definitely leaves me no other choice: wherever I am and however I am Ill continue being faithful to the beautiful cause of peace with justice and love. Well... my brother Ali Primera [who was popular Venezuelan radical singer] already said it, Man doesnt just live on life. Id like to let you know that I havent stopped singing and that I have two new songs, when the issue of my asylum is resolved Ill make them known. A hug with all my heart, loving we overcome! Julian Conrado. The Dont silence the singer group, who is also legally representing Conrado, said it received a notification from the Caracas courts on 21 July that they accepted the groups request for Habeas corpus, meaning the court must order Conrados release if it doesnt find sufficient evidence for the arrest. The group called it a small advance and the beginning of a ...stage of justice and legal struggle. Photos of the original letters can be seen here<http://www.rebelion.org/noticia.php?id=132917&titular=en-nueva-carta-el-revolucionario-cantor-julian-conrado-solicita-asilo-formal-en-venezuela-donde-est%E1-> and here<http://www.rebelion.org/noticia.php?id=132820&titular=apareci%F3-juli%E1n-conrado-y-admiten-habeas-corpus-> . ------------------------------ *Source URL (retrieved on 31/05/2013 - 7:30am):* http://venezuelanalysis.com/news/6377 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[email protected]?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! 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