Mar 06

Administrative Department of Security- DAS- spied on UN

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Photos, emails and work orders are part of the evidence in the prosecution

The Public Prosecution Office in Colombia is investigating illegal surveillance on that would have made from the DAS to the United Nations. Sources close to the investigation said that in the process includes photographs of former UN Commissioner for Human Rights Michael Frauling taking by DAS officers. Also noted that part of the process make several emails from UN officials found in DAS documents.
As part of the monitoring operations of the DAS to human rights organizations there is evidence that United Nations would have included follow-up UN officials.
United Nations office had expressed concern about the illegal surveillance of opposition politicians, judges and journalists, among others. Even had urged the Colombian Government to make urgent reforms in its intelligence agency (DAS) to establish control mechanisms of this intelligence service.
The statement came in late February during the annual report on Colombia. In this report, the representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Christian Salazar, said in Bogota that they continued “to receive information on interception of emails, stalking, harassment and threats, information theft, alteration of web pages and illegal trespasing to homes and offices of various organisations of civil society. “
The report concludes that the UN has received information that allows to “confirm the existence of a pattern of tapping, surveillance and harassment systematically carried out by officers of the DAS (Administrative Security Department), under orders from their superiors, who reported the results. “
The report warns that the investigation suggests that the central groups involved, including the National and International Observer (Goni), “were formally established structures within the institution. “ ”These facts, as reported in 2009, remain unpunished, ” the UN said.
Salazar said that the Colombian Government and other institutions such as the Attorney General and Congress should “move forward in a data center control and establishing a mechanism for clearance of files. “
He also urged the Government to “advance research to condemn those responsible of DAS for their crimes. “

Link to the latest UN report on Human Rights in Colombia (English and Spanish versions):

http://www.hchr.org.co/documentoseinformes/informes/altocomisionado/informes.php3?cod=14&cat=11

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Mar 06

Trades unions in Europe oppose FTA with Colombia

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From Justice for Colombia website

http://www.justiceforcolombia.org/news/article/909/ITUC-and-ETUC-Accuse-Colombian-Government-of-Misleading-International-Community

The ETUC and ITUC have written to all MEPs once again calling for them to reject the EU-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on the grounds of continued abuses against Colombian trade unionists.

In a letter signed by ITUC General Secretary Sharan Burrow and ETUC General Secretary John Monks, dated March 1st, they refer to the ‘intensive lobbying campaign at the European Parliament by the Colombian Government in an attempt to mislead the international community.” The letter states that the lobbying is aimed at deceiving the parliament about so-called advances in the human rights situation in order to secure the ratification of the FTA.

Reference is also made to the recent ILO Mission to Colombia, saying that whilst the Colombian Embassy in Brussels has only chosen to highlight some of the mission’s conclusions, the reality is that the report ‘highlights the on-going severity of the situation for the exercise of fundamental rights in Colombia today.”

The letter quotes several points made in the report’s conclusion, in particular emphasising the ongoing level of impunity in cases of assassinations of trade unionists, “the majority of the cases have not yet been investigated nor have the perpetrators, including the intellectual authors of these crimes, been brought to justice.”

The letters ends reiterating the ETUC and ITUC opposition to the EU-Colombia FTA and calling for the European Parliament to “support the interruption of negotiations at this time and until real and significant progress has been achieved.” And warns that ‘failing to act with caution and establish respect to the fundamental internationally-recognised rights of working people will mean that trade unionists in Colombia will continue to die and those responsible for the violence will continue to enjoy impunity”.

To read more about the campaign to stop the EU-Colombia FTA and how to get involved click here

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