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18.01.2010
URGENT Peru: Fagforeningsledere urettferdig fengslet
Fagforeningslederne Pedro Condori Laurente og Claudio Boza Huanhayo har sittet fengslet siden henholdsvis 9. og 23. september på ubegrunnede drapsanklager. Amnesty International tror de er fengslet utelukkende for å jobbe for fagforeningsmedlemmenes rettigheter. Send appeller!
Status: Aktiv
Pedro Condori is the Secretary General of the Casapalca Mine Workers Union. Claudio Boza is the union's Secretary for Security and Hygiene. The two men have been charged with the murder (homicidio culposo) of a police officer during a miners strike on 24 November 2008 in Huarochirí province, Lima department, in central Peru. The miners were demanding better working conditions.
During the protest, demonstrators threw rocks down from a hillside to blockade a public road below. One of the rocks hit a police officer and killed him. However, there is no evidence to support the charges brought against the two trade unionists. According to the men's lawyers, they were in Lima at the time in a meeting with government officials from the Ministry of Labour and representatives of the mining company.
Pedro Condori and Claudio Boza are held in Aucallama prison in the province of Huaral, also in Lima department. Both men are being represented by lawyers from the human rights organization Asociación por la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos (APRODEH) and have appealed against the detention order. They expect a ruling by the end of January.
Amnesty International believes the charges against the men are unsubstantiated and that they are being detained solely for being leaders of a trade union that is claiming respect for the mining workers' human rights.
PLEASE WRITE IMMEDIATELY in Spanish or your own language:
* Pointing out that there is no evidence to link Pedro Condori Laurente or Claudio Boza Huanhayo to the 24 November murder of the police officer, and demanding that the authorities either substantiate the charges with solid evidence or release them immediately and unconditionally;
* Expressing concern that according to APRODEH, the two men were in a meeting with government officials at the time of the police officer's death, and that they appear to have been detained solely because they are trade unionists demanding better working conditions for miners in Huarochiri province;
* Urging the authorities not to subject those who defend human rights to criminal investigations based on unfounded allegations, as their work is protected by international human rights law;
* Condemning the killing of the police officer and calling for this death to be fully investigated and those responsible brought to justice.
PLEASE SEND APPEALS BEFORE 26 FEBRUARY 2010.
Please check with your section office if sending appeals after the above date.
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Faks: +511 625 5555 (a recorded voice will ask you in Spanish for the extension number: enter 6304. If a voice answers, ask "¿Me puede dar tono de fax, por favor?")
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Attorney General
Dra. Gladys Margot Echaiz Ramos
Fiscal de la Nación
Ministerio Público
Av. Abancay cdra. 5 s/n
Lima 1,
PERU
Salutation: Sra. Fiscal
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Over recent years, Amnesty International has documented cases of people who have opposed or criticised the government or their policies who have been detained on the basis of unfounded charges. In particular there has been an increase in the use of unsubstantiated criminal charges against leading members of organizations working to protect human rights (see Peru: Bagua six months on "Just because we think and speak differently, they are doing this injustice to us" AMR 46/017/2009). Crimes, including the killing of police officers have to be investigated, however, the criminal investigation should not be used to target and persecute those who have a leading role defending human rights.
SEND GJERNE KOPI AV APPELLENE TIL/PLEASE SEND COPIES OF APPEALS TO:
Minister of Justice
Dr. Aurelio Pastor Valdivieso, Ministro de Justicia
Ministerio de Justicia
Scipión Llona 350 - Miraflores,
Lima 18,
PERU
Fax: +511 4223577 (if voice answers, ask "¿Me puede dar tono de fax, por favor?")
E-mail:
Salutation: Sr. Ministro
Human rights NGO
Asociación Pro Derechos Humanos . Jr. Pachacútec 980
Lima 11,
PERU
Email:
Fax: +511 431 0477 (if voice answers, ask "¿Me puede dar tono de fax, por favor?")
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