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Doug La Follette
Open Letter to the Colombian People, Press and Government, Aug. 1996
"Stop the Bloodshed in Uraba, Due Process for Jose Antonio Lopez, Nelson Campo and others, and an End to Faceless Justice and Political Repression".
- We, the undersigned, are North Americans and others who are deeply disturbed by the human rights situation in Colombia.
- Massacres, disappearances and torture happen continually in the anguished region of Uraba. We can not understand how paramilitary groups operate so freely in this militarized region where the Colombian army is present in massive numbers, and which does not perform its constitutional function of defending the civilian population. And we can not understand why the regional paramilitary leader is not apprehended and brought to justice for his crimes against humanity.
- We call upon all armed parties -- paramilitary units, guerrillas, army, police, urban militias and commandos -- to immediately cease all attacks upon both the civilian population and upon each other. Justice, peace and a fruitful life is never found through murder, torture, kidnapping and intimidation.
Doug la Follette signed the letter, from the Colombia Support Network .[1]
Colombia Support Network
As of 2008, the Colombia Support Network Advisory Board consisted of ;Accessed July 2008: [2].
- Medea Benjamin
- Larry Birns
- Blase Bonpane
- Fr. Roy Bourgeois
- Noam Chomsky
- Pamela Costain
- Kristin Dawkins
- Reverend John Dear
- Kathleen Falk
- Daniel Gomez-Ibanez
- Thomas Gumbleton
- Edward S. Herman
- Doug La Follette
- Robert McChesney
- Gail Phares
- Mark Pocan
- Mark Sherman
- Tony Vento
- Howard Zinn
References
- ↑ Open Letter to the Colombian People, Press and Government: Stop the Bloodshed in Uraba, Due Process for Jose Antonio Lopez, Nelson Campo and others, and an End to Faceless Justice and Political Repression, August 1996
- ↑ [ Advisory Council, Colombia Support Network, accessed July 24, 2008