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Petition For The Protection Of Mr Edgar Paez , Secretary General Of Sinaltrainal, Colombia
26 Signatures
Published by kilusang mayo uno on May 24, 2009
Category: Human Rights
Region: GLOBAL
Target: ALL
Background (Preamble):
Our comrade and friend from Colombia, Mr. Edgar Paez, the Secretary General of Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores dela Industria de Alimentos (SINALTRAINAL) is under surveillance and was put in the Order of Battle by the Colombian Military last May 15, 2009.

This petition requests the Colombian Authority to please give Mr. Edgar Paez the necessary protection for his life and liberty as provided for under the International Declaration of Human Rights and respect his rights as a trade unionist in accordance to the ILO Convention 87 and 98.
Petition:
We, the trade unionists and people, whose names and signatures appear below, are alarmed of the news that our comrade and friend from Colombia, Mr. Edgar Paez, the Secretary General of Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores dela Industria de Alimentos (SINALTRAINAL) is under surveillance and was put in the Order of Battle by the Colombian Military last May 15, 2009.

In this regard, we request the Colombian Authority to please give Mr. Edgar Paez the necessary protection for his life and liberty as provided for under the International Declaration of Human Rights and respect his rights as a trade unionist in accordance to the ILO Convention 87 and 98.

As a show of support for him, we voluntarily affixed our names and signature in this petition.

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