Rights, Freedoms and Repression Woman whose soup run fed 250 homeless in Dublin told to cease or face €300k fine 21:35 Feb 07 2 comments Germany cannot give up it's Nazi past - Germany orders Holocaust survivor institutionalized over Cov... 23:31 Jan 14 1 comments Crisis in America: Deaths Up 40% Among Those Aged 18-64 Based on Life Insurance Claims for 2021 Afte... 23:16 Jan 06 0 comments Protests over post-vaccination deaths spread across South Korea 23:18 Dec 26 0 comments Chris Hedges: The execution of Julian Assange 22:19 Dec 19 1 comments more >>Blog Feeds
The SakerA bird's eye view of the vineyard
Alternative Copy of thesaker.is site is available Thu May 25, 2023 14:38 | Ice-Saker-V6bKu3nz
The Saker blog is now frozen Tue Feb 28, 2023 23:55 | The Saker
What do you make of the Russia and China Partnership? Tue Feb 28, 2023 16:26 | The Saker
Moveable Feast Cafe 2023/02/27 ? Open Thread Mon Feb 27, 2023 19:00 | cafe-uploader
The stage is set for Hybrid World War III Mon Feb 27, 2023 15:50 | The Saker
Public InquiryInterested in maladministration. Estd. 2005RTEs Sarah McInerney ? Fianna Fail?supporter? Anthony Joe Duffy is dishonest and untrustworthy Anthony Robert Watt complaint: Time for decision by SIPO Anthony RTE in breach of its own editorial principles Anthony Waiting for SIPO Anthony
Human Rights in IrelandPromoting Human Rights in Ireland
Lockdown Skeptics
Eco-Anxiety Affects More Than Three Quarters of Children Under 12 Mon Feb 03, 2025 19:30 | Will Jones
Keir Starmer Denies Breaking Lockdown Rules as it Emerges he Took a Private Acting Lesson During Cov... Mon Feb 03, 2025 18:06 | Will Jones
Elon Musk Shuts Down US Government Foreign Aid Agency and Locks Out 600 Staffers Overnight After Tru... Mon Feb 03, 2025 15:41 | Will Jones
Food Firms Revolt Against Net Zero Over Australia?s Energy Crisis Mon Feb 03, 2025 13:00 | Sallust
Wind Turbine Bursts into Flames Mon Feb 03, 2025 11:00 | Will Jones |
Dublin - Event Notice Thursday January 01 1970 Colombia:Political Prisoners of a Criminal State?
dublin |
rights, freedoms and repression |
event notice
Monday March 08, 2004 11:28 by LASC - LASC
The use of the courts to smash human rights organisations Human Rights groups and trade unionists are increasingly finding themselves in court up on trumped up charges of terrorism and rebellion. They spend many years in jail before charges are dropped or thrown out. Meanwhile their work remains undone. PUBLIC Meeting |
View Comments Titles Only
save preference
Comments (2 of 2)
Jump To Comment: 1 2Are these people FARC supporters? I ask this question because otherwise I wonder how any innocent person could end up on remand for so long. The Colombia Three also claimed to be innocent but an independent juduciary found that was not the case.
The Colombian Legal System has a full set of laws protecting workers rights and citizens civil rights. What it does not need is otside agitators who posess an ulterior agena.
And would you mind telling us, "Colombian resident", how many people have been convicted for the murders of over 3,000 trade unionists over the past twenty years? How many army officers have been put on trial for their role in massacres of civilians?
The Colombian state (more so now than ever) has smeared all social activists as "terrorists" and used this to justify their imprisonment or murder. What the Colombian people need is solidarity from the people of the world in their struggle against state repression. The world should ignore the shrill attacks on "outside agitators" from people like you who don't like the spotlight being put on the appalling human rights record of the Colombian state.