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Campaign Unavailable We're sorry, this alert is no longer available. If you would like to learn more about ways you can take action, please visit Human Rights First.The short explanation of this alert was:
On February 4, there were worldwide protests against Colombian guerrillas (FARC). Now Cepeda and others are organizing similar peaceful marches on March 6 against human rights violations by another major party to the conflict in Colombia, paramilitary groups. Despite wholehearted support for the anti-FARC protests, the Colombian government has opposed the anti-paramilitary protest. More alarmingly, a Presidential adviser stated on national radio that the anti-paramilitary protest organizers, including Cepeda, were guerilla terrorists. After these comments, Cepeda and other human rights defenders have received death threats from paramilitaries. Please tell the Colombian government that it is unacceptable to endanger the lives of human rights activists by smearing them as guerillas. Demand that the Colombian President correct his adviser's statement and recognize that everyone has the right to participate in the March 6 protests. If you would like to view details on this alert, please visit here. |
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Ivan Cepeda is one of Colombia's most prominent human rights activists and the recipient of Human Rights First's Roger Baldwin Medal of Liberty in 2007. Many of you took action last year to demand that the false criminal charges against him be dropped.