Colombian human rights activist Carmelo Agamez has been detained for the past two weeks. A prosecutor in Sucre, northern Colombia, has charged him with belonging to a paramilitary group, and he is now locked up with the very paramilitary leaders he has consistently denounced.

The following article from Fight Back! Newspaper highlight some of the Colombia Action Network's activities at the School of the Americas protest at Ft. Benning. Members of the CAN gathered hundreds of signatures to demand Lily Obando's release, and distributed 2000 flyers with information about her struggle for justice. One of our national coordinators, Meredith Aby, spoke at two workshops to highlight Obando's case and the broader context of the assault on trade unionists, and the peasants and agricultural workers movement in Colombia; while Chapin Gray, an organizer with the Colombia Action Network in Alabama addressed the crowd of thousands on Sunday and urged people to join the cause to free Lily Obando.

A fraternal greeting of solidarity to all of you on my behalf and from all the other political prisoners secluded in the jails of Colombia and the United States.

1. Colombia Action Network and Campaign for Labor Rights workshop info at the School of the Americas
2. Fight Back forum at the School of the Americas – features 2 members from the 2006 CAN delegation to Colombia
3. CAN flyer for the SOA demanding the release of Liliana (Lily) Obando, FENSUAGRO organizer, who toured for the CAN in the US in 2001
4. Attached is the petition we will be circulating demanding Liliana Obando's release

Below is a letter we have received from Liliany (Lily) Obando who is in prison in Colombia for her political work. Lily is an organizer for FENSUAGRO, the peasant workers' union. She toured the U.S. for the Colombia Action Network in 2001. Chapin Gray will be reading this letter from the stage at the School of the Americas protest for the Colombia Action Network on Sunday.