Articles from Colombia
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Trade union rights are human rights 11 April 2008 Colombia: more teachers murdered
Educators around the world are condemning the latest brutal assassinations of teacher trade unionists in Colombia. On 1 April, Emerson Ivan Herrera Ruales and Luz Mariela Diaz Lopez lost their lives at the hands of unknown gunmen who shot them as they made their way to work in the morning.
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Trade union rights are human rights 13 March 2008 Colombia: Lives of teacher trade unionists remain at risk
The brutal cycle of violence against teacher trade unionists in Colombia continues.
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Trade union rights are human rights 13 November 2007 Colombia: Two teacher unionists murdered in 5 days
EI deplores the murder of two teacher trade unionists within the past week
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Trade union rights are human rights 30 August 2007 Colombia: Raquel Castro finally released
EI is delighted to inform all members and Global Union partners that Raquel Castro, Colombian teacher and union activist, was released from prison last August 2nd.
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Union renewal and development 21 July 2007 Colombia denies exit visa to award winner
BERLIN — The government of Colombia has denied an exit visa to Samuel Morales, one of two winners of Education International’s highest award for defence of human and trade union rights.
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Union growth 19 July 2007 Courageous Colombians defend rights
“Dignity and intellectual freedom transcend, like a phoenix, the bars and cells of repression and state tyranny.”
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Trade union rights are human rights 4 June 2007 Colombia: Teacher trade unionist released after 3 years imprisonment
Samual Morales, former teacher and regional president of the Colombian Trade Union Confederation (CUT), has been released after spending 3 years in prison.
Colombia: Teacher trade unionist released after 3 years imprisonment