Update 2
Update 2, Monday 25th August 2008
Dear friends:
It has now been 2 weeks since Liliany was captured and called to give evidence to the judge heading the inquest. Despite the lack of evidence on the alleged charges of "rebellion" and of "administering resources for terrorist activities" a Colombian court ordered detention and her transfer to the "Buen Pastor" women's prison in Bogota.
In any democracy these charges wouldn't have a case to answer, however, in a regime where citizen's rights are compromised this is just an illusion.
It is our understanding that, given the circumstances, the defence legal team applied for home detention to allow her to care for her children. Her detention also violates the basic human rights of her two young children because she is the head of the family. However the court didn't take these circumstances into consideration.
PJFC has learnt that during the police's raid to Liliany's house they also seized passports, photos and other personal belongings of her children and mother. Those seized personal items have nothing to do with Liliany's bogus charges and should be returned. Her legal team has made a request to the court that those items be returned but the court has denied this right as well.
The campaign has to be fought primarily in the courts. PJFC calls on peace loving people to continue putting pressure on the Colombian government, and to send letters of concern to all the international organisations dealing with human rights condemning this continued violation of human and trade union rights in the country.
Visit the PJFC website for upddtes on the campaign and fundraising events organised by local support groups in your locality: www.colombiasolidarity.net
All letters and emails should be cc'ed to: pjfcolombia@gmail.com and to the Colombian Embassy or Consulate nearest to you as well as making your own government aware of the deteriorating situation of human rights in Colombia.
Please write to:
Señor Presidente Álvaro Uribe Vélez
Presidente de la Republica, Palacio de Nariño, Carrera 8, No 7-2 Bogota, Colombia. Fax: +57 1 337
5890 / 342 0592
Email: auribe@presidencia.gov.co or check his website: www.presidencia.gov.co
Dr Francisco Santos Calderón
Vicepresidencia, Carrera 8A, No 7-27 Bogota, Colombia.
Fax: +57 1 565 7682 Email: fsantos@presidencia.gov.au
Dr Mario German Iguarán Arana
Fiscal General de la Nación, Fiscalía General de la Nación
Diagonal 22B (Av. Luis Carlos Galán No 52-01), Bloque C, Piso 4, Bogota
Colombia. Fax: +57 1 570 2000 (extension 2017)
Email addresses: denuncias@fiscalia.gov.co and contacto@fiscalia.gov.co
CC your messages to the following addresses:
Committees in solidarity with political prisoners, www.comitedesolidaridad.com
Email addresses: fcspp_carceles@etb.net.co and fcspp_presidente@etb.net.co
To: Peace and Justice for Colombia: pjfcolombia@gmail.com
In Australia send a copy of your message to the Colombian Embassy in Sydney
To: embassyofcolombia@bigpond.com and send also a copy to the Australian
Government to: ecanberra@cancilleria.gov.co
For media comment and further information visit:
Website: www.colombiasolidarity.net
Email addresses: info@colombiasolidarity.net or pjfcolombia@gmail.com
Yours in solidarity,
Peace and Justice for Colombia, PJFC
