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Bogota - The number of union
activists assassinated rose to 17 in
Colombia this year, confirmed Favio Arias,
member of the executive committee of the
United Workers Central (CUT).
Arias said that persecution of
the Colombian union movement has not
stopped, quite the contrary, crimes against
the working class increases in the country.
He pointed out that during the last decade
2,711 union activists were killed in
Colombia for the simple fact of struggling
for the fundamental rights of workers,
pointing out that repression of the movement
is permanent and relentless.
Arias explained that behind these crimes are
illegal armed groups with strong ties to the
government that, he said "take care to
appear as if they are the only intellectual
author of these outrages and violations."
These assassinations put in doubt the claims
of the current administration of President
Alvaro Uribe that the situation of violence,
crimes and blame on the union movement is
under control.
The activist added that Colombian workers
demand an end to persecution and harassment
that victimizes them and that the government
apply effective policies of employment.
The workers also demand a review of salaries
as well as respect for workers, supported by
international law, among other issues.
Several national and international sectors
demand a serous and conclusive investigation
by Colombian authorities to take to justice
those responsible for the crimes against the
workers movement and to remove, once and for
all, the chain of impunity that
characterizes assassinations of unionists in
the country. |
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