Senior UK figures call for release of Colombian human rights activist .

[Judi Lynn]

Senior UK figures call for release of Colombian human rights activist .
Thursday, 22 September 2011 15:49
James Bargent

Over 100 British politicians, lawyers and unionists have called on the Colombian government to immediately release a human rights defender and trade unionist imprisoned for three years without trial.

Liliany Obando was arrested in 2008 on charges of fund raising for the FARC and “rebellion” - defined in Colombian law as “attempt to destroy the national government or abolish or amend the constitutional regime by employing arms.”

According to the campaign group “Free Liliany Obando”, the activist was actually raising money for farm workers union FENSUAGRO. She was arrested the week she wrote an article about the murders of over 1,500 FENSUAGRO members throughout the last 30 years.

The campaign state, “The evidence against her has been widely discredited even by international police and the police captain who oversaw the initial investigation of her case.”

More:
http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/19180-senior-uk-figures-call-for-release-of-colombian-human-rights-activist.html