Bulletin archive

Letter

2008-09-07T19:53:43Z

Thanks for all the e-mails we receive with important information about human rights violations, social injustice and the struggle of the people of Colombia. I have been forwarding these e-mails to all members of Praxis. Your work is very valuable and relevant and it really makes a difference.

Sussex Students in Palestine

2008-09-07T19:52:56Z

Students at Sussex University who have been strongly involved in the Colombia Solidarity Campaign hit the national press as their nine member delegation to Palestine got caught in the Israeli state's latest onslaught.

Conference Success

2008-09-07T19:51:38Z

The Colombia Solidarity Campaign's conference weekend 23rd/24th February showed the enormous concern and interest there is in campaigning against injustice in Colombia.

Sintraemcali Victory Tour

2008-09-07T19:49:43Z

After the great success of the campaign's London conference on 23rd/24th February Berenice Celeyta, director of SINTRAEMCALI Human Rights Department and Hector Vaca, member of the National Committee of the USO oil workers union, accompanied by activists from the campaign set off around the country for a two-week whistle stop tour of Britain and the North of Ireland.

The Regional Impact of Plan Colombia: Ecuador

2008-09-07T19:46:18Z

The following text is taken from a speech given at the Colombia Solidarity Campaign Dayschool on 23rd February: 'Plan Colombia - Clearing the Way for the Multinationals'.

Llamada de Los Presos Politicos

2008-09-07T19:45:05Z

La capacidad física de las carceles colombianas es mas o menos de 28 a 30 mil personas. Hay una población carcelaria de 55 a 56 mil personas. Aqui practicamente es desconocida una causión o cualquier otro mecanismo que asegure que la persona no vaya a la carcel antes de ser juzgada, me entiende que la persona es sindicada ya es traida a la carcel sin ninguna razon para estar preso. De esos 55.000 presos se puede decir que el 60% o la mitad no son condenados sino sindicados. Uno de los problemas es la lentitud que opera la justicia, aqui una persona puede durar en proceso 3 o 5 años sin que se sepa todavía si es culpable o no.

Call From Political Prisoners

2008-09-07T19:44:07Z

The physical capacity of Colombian prisons is more or less 28 to 30,000 people. There is a prison population of between 55 and 56,000. In this country it is practically unknown to receive bail or whatever mechanism to avoid a person coming to prison before their trial. So that people are brought to prison just on a charge. Of the 55,000 prisoners maybe about 60%, at least half, are charged but not sentenced. One of the problems is the slowness of the judicial process. A person may wait in prison for 3 to 5 years without knowing whether they will be found innocent or guilty.

Eduardo Uma?a Mendoza, Presente

2008-09-07T19:42:23Z

18th April marks the fourth anniversary of the assassination of Eduardo UmaÒa Mendoza, one of the bravest and most influential Colombians of modern times.

DRUMMOND SUED

2008-09-07T19:40:49Z

Mineworkers union SINTRAMIENERGETICA and the families of three murdered union leaders have raised a civil action in the US District Court in Alabama, demanding a jury trial for equitable relief and damages, against the Drummond Company and Gary Drummond.

SINALTRAINAL DEMANDS JUSTICE

2008-09-07T19:39:55Z

SINALTRAINAL the Colombian National Food Industry Workerís Union has been the victim of a systematic campaign of destruction, which has seen the assassination of 14 union leaders (7 from Coca-Cola).