Press Release
FENSUAGRO: Threats Have Increased
We recieved this denunciation from FENSUAGRO (the national campesino union).
The Colombia Action Network's delegation last summer was hosted by
FENSUAGRO.
Meredith Aby
Colombia Action Network
www.colombiasolidarity.org
AFTER PRESIDENT ÁLVARO URIBE VÉLEZ MADE UNSUBSTANTIATED CLAIMS AGAINST SOCIAL, POLITICAL AND HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS, THREATS HAVE INCREASED
Two days after President Álvaro Uribe Vélez accused politicians who had
demobilized from M-19 as “terrorists dressed in civilian clothes”, several
social, labor, university and alternative press organizations received an
Death Threats Against SINALTRAINAL
At about 10:30 a.m. on 10 February we learnt of the contents of an envelope thrown by unknown persons under the door of the offices of ASTDEMP trade union, which functions as the Santander regional headquarters for the (trade union federation) CUT. The office is at floor 2, No 14 – 09, 42nd Street, Bucaramanga. The envelope contained the following threat against members of SINALTRAINAL who work in the Coca-Cola bottling plant in Bucaramanga.
