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From Justice for Colombia:
On Wednesday 1st June Hernando Hernandez Tapasco, the human rights officer of the Colombian agricultural workers trade union FENSUAGRO (Colombia’s second largest trade union), was abducted by five members of the Colombian secret police (DAS) from outside of the union’s headquarters in the Colombian capital Bogotá.
We believe that yesterday (Thursday 2nd June) the Attorney General of Colombia ordered the secret police to take Hernando to the town of Manizales about 100 miles from Bogotá and his current whereabouts are unclear.
Please telephone the Colombian Embassy in your country as soon as possible and demand that Hernando be released and that his life be respected.
Colombian Embassy in the UK: 0207 589 9177
Colombian Embassy in the USA: (202) 387 8338
Colombian Embassy in Canada: (613) 230-3760
Colombian Embassy in Australia: (02) 9955 0311
Irish citizens should call the UK Embassy to complain as they represent Colombia’s interests in the Republic of Ireland.
Please also try to telephone one of the mobile phones of the Colombian Vice President Francisco Santos (he speaks fluent English) to complain about this most recent attack against the Colombian trade union movement. His numbers are:
0057 310 238 9120
0057 310 772 0130
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