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Colombia must protect Gerardo Barona and Andy Murcia!
Gerardo Barona Avirama is a Colombian opposition candidate for the City Council of Caloto, Cauca and Andy Murcia is his campaign manager. They have both been threatened by the Autodefensas Gaitanistas de Colombia death squad and have asked our support. Click here for more information.
Following is an English translation of the Spanish email you will be sending to Colombian authorities:
I write in support of Gerardo Barona Avirama and Andy Murcia Parra, who have been declared "military objects" by the paramilitary group the Gaitanistas Autodefensas of Colombia. Barona is a candidate for the municipal council of Caloto, Cauca. Despite ongoing threats and aggressions by paramilitaries in the region, the national prosecutor's office refuses to investigate these threats, dismissing them as "unserious." It must be understood that the world is watching what is happening in Colombia, where hundreds of defenders have lost their lives to right-wing violence. In the case of Barona and Murcia, their lives have been put at risk because of their electoral activities and their defense of their community. If the prosecutor's office and the Colombian government truly have respect for democracy and human rights, they cannot reject the Application for Protection Measures (Code FGN-20-F-28) for Barona and Murcia. As someone who believes in international solidarity and democracy, I call on the Attorney General to take immediate measures to protect these human rights defenders and to investigate and end these threats against them.
Retire los cargos contra July Henriquez, Ernesto Caicedo, y Martha Lucía Zamora
Rechazo la persecución judicial contra July Milena Henríquez Sampayo, Luís Ernesto Caicedo Ramirez, y Martha Lucía Zamora Ávila, y el intento de sabotear el proceso de paz en Colombia. Pido que las autoridades de la corte retiren los cargos contra ellos y que el gobierno de Colombia termine todos los ataques contra la integridad y viabilidad de la Jurisdicción Especial para la Paz (JEP).
Aunque en Colombia la persecución estatal y paraestatal contra los defensores de DDHH no es algo nuevo, sí se esperaría que después de firmar los acuerdos de paz, la actitud del Gobierno colombiano no fuese la criminalización, la cárcel y la muerte. Sin embargo, todos los días aparecen ataques al proceso de paz como los asesinatos de líderes sociales y campesinos por los paramilitares, persecución judicial a defensores de DDHH y la ilegitimación mediática de las luchas populares.
Como ejemplo está el reciente caso de July Henríquez Sampayo, Luís Ernesto Caicedo Ramirez, y Martha Lucía Zamora Ávila, funcionarios contratada por la Secretaría Ejecutiva de La Jurisdicción Especial de Paz – JEP. (Justicia transicional nacida del acuerdo de paz entre las FARC-EP y el Gobierno Nacional.) La Fiscalía colombiana ha armado un montaje judicial y pretende imputarles cargos de falsedad de documentos y detenerlas. Pero el mundo está mirando lo que pasa en Colombia. Como internacionalistas, lo que demandamos no es el montaje contra la paz, pero la construcción de la paz, la integridad de la JEP, y el cumplimiento por parte del estado de los acuerdos de paz en lugar de obstáculos.
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