COLOMBIA: Renewed Death Threats in South Bolivar; CPT urges greater response to Urgent Action
April 22nd, 2008
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CPTnet
22 April 2008
COLOMBIA: Renewed Death Threats in South Bolivar; CPT urges greater response to Urgent Action
Yesterday, Monday 21 April 2008, paramilitaries renewed their death threats against the leaders of organizations and organizations with which the team has worked closely for years: the Magdalena Medio Peace and Development Programme –'Programa de Desarrollo y Paz del Magdalena Medio'; Members of the trade union organization The Agro-mining Federation of the South of Bolívar department –FEDEAGROMISBOL (La Federación Agrominera del Sur de Bolívar); Catholic priests working in the South Bolivar municipalities of Tiquisio, Arenal and Regidor, and Members of the human rights organization–Corporación SEMBRAR. (See CPT Colombia Urgent Action<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cptcolombia/message/262> or Amnesty International Urgent Action<http://tinyurl.com/3zzpt3>) This time, the newly reiterated threat includes a list of specific people–some of whom are well known to CPT Colombia team members and have become dear friends of the team. After naming various people, the threat continues, "…we will start with you, and afterwards the others until there is not one left, plague of FARC sons of bitches, we will finish you off.
For a Colombia free of guerrilla sons of bitches
Comandante Camilo
Bloque Norte de Colombia [Northern Colombia Paramilitary Front]
Please respond to the Urgent Actions and keep the team's coworkers in your thoughts and prayers.
22 April 2008
COLOMBIA: Renewed Death Threats in South Bolivar; CPT urges greater response to Urgent Action
Yesterday, Monday 21 April 2008, paramilitaries renewed their death threats against the leaders of organizations and organizations with which the team has worked closely for years: the Magdalena Medio Peace and Development Programme –'Programa de Desarrollo y Paz del Magdalena Medio'; Members of the trade union organization The Agro-mining Federation of the South of Bolívar department –FEDEAGROMISBOL (La Federación Agrominera del Sur de Bolívar); Catholic priests working in the South Bolivar municipalities of Tiquisio, Arenal and Regidor, and Members of the human rights organization–Corporación SEMBRAR. (See CPT Colombia Urgent Action<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cptcolombia/message/262> or Amnesty International Urgent Action<http://tinyurl.com/3zzpt3>) This time, the newly reiterated threat includes a list of specific people–some of whom are well known to CPT Colombia team members and have become dear friends of the team. After naming various people, the threat continues, "…we will start with you, and afterwards the others until there is not one left, plague of FARC sons of bitches, we will finish you off.
For a Colombia free of guerrilla sons of bitches
Comandante Camilo
Bloque Norte de Colombia [Northern Colombia Paramilitary Front]
Please respond to the Urgent Actions and keep the team's coworkers in your thoughts and prayers.