On February 5th, Peace and Justice for Colombia sent the following letter to Mr. Brendan O´Connor, Australian Minister for Home Affairs protesting the interrogation of a member of our organisation.
Mr Brendan O’Connor MHR
Minister for Home Affairs
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Mr. O´Connor,
Minister for Home Affairs,
We are writing to protest against the interrogation of Mr. Alejandro Rodriguez by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) on February 3rd. Mr. Rodriguez is a member of our organisation, Peace and Justice for Colombia, and he is a well known advocate for workers´ rights and solidarity. Continue reading »
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In an electoral campaign that has up to now been dominated by advertising of candidates that have strong connections to paramilitaries and the drug trade, the campaign headquarters of the main opposition figure in Colombia has been raided by armed men. On the 5th of February the campaign office of Piedad Cordoba and Andrés Villamizar in Bogota was raided by armed men, the attackers ordered all the office staff into the bathrooms and stole all the telephones, lists of supporters and volunteers. In a country were supporters of opposition candidates are systematically executed or thrown in jail elections are really just a costly exercise in international publicity.
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