5pm-6pm Thursday 21
st December
Colombian Embassy, 3 Hans Crescent
, London SW1
(back of Harrods, nearest tube Knightsbridge)
Vice-President
SANTOS WE HOLD YOU RESPONSIBLE!
WITHDRAW YOUR STIGMAS AGAINST SINALTRAINAL!
STOP THE KILLING! CALL OFF THE DEATH SQUADS!
SUPER-URGENT ACTION: IMMINENT DEATH THREATs EURIPIDES YANCE, COCA-COLA WORKERS AND OTHERS
(N.B. SUPER-URGENT ACTION designation means your international solidarity could directly save lives)
SOCIAL LEADERS, STUDENTS, TRADE UNIONISTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS THREATENED IN BARRANQUILLA
On 14 December 2006, in the city of Barranquilla,
a communiqué was left at the residence of Euripides Yance, a Coca-Cola
worker and member of the National Committee of SINALTRAINAL. The
communiqué is entitled BLACK EAGLES [AGUILAS NEGRAS] and threatens
various student, social and trade union leaders, giving them a week to
leave the city. Amongst them are members and leaders of SINALTRAINAL
and workers at Coca-Cola EURIPIDES YANCE, LIMBERTO CARRANZA, and CAMPO QUINTERO.
This death threat occurred just days after Colombia's Vice-President Francisco Santos made a public declaration referring to what he called campaigns to discredit Coca
Cola, Nestlé and other private corporations and contended that they are
pushed by "sectors of the extreme left, radicals infiltrated into trade
union sectors that are generating absolutely absurd campaigns against
the corporations".
These threats have occurred at the time that we are negotiating our demands with the Coca-Cola bottling plans in the Santanders [the region in which Barranquilla is situated].
We
demand national government protection for the life of trade unionists,
social leaders, students, defenders of human rights; an investigation
into the facts to [bring to justice] the intellectual and material
authors.
Against Impunity SINALTRAINAL Demands Justice.
LUIS JAVIER CORREA SUAREZ
President
SINALTRAINAL
INTERNATIONAL EMERGENCY: Recommended actions
1) SEND YOUR E-MAILS TO:
Presidente de la República de Colombia:Dr. Álvaro Uribe Vélez E-mail:
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Vicepresidente de la Republica de ColombiaFrancisco Santos Fax: 00 57 1 337 1351 E-mail:
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Programa Derechos Humanos Presidencia de la Republica E-mail: pp
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[Colombia Solidarity Campaign adds:
Euripides Yance toured the UK in November and December 2005, striking all who met him with his warm heartedness, humility and calm determination.
In the UK, also send your e-mail to Colombian Embassy:
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with a copy to
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If you are in the USA, these are the Colombian Ambassador's contact points in Washington, DC:
Sr. Luis Alberto Moreno
Ambassador of the Republic of Colombia
2118 Leroy Place NW
Washington, D.C. 20008
Teléfono: +1 (202) 387 8338
Fax: +1 (202) 232 8643
E-mail:
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