Citizens and international organisations filed a lawsuit at the Belgian Courthouse to start a criminal investigation against the illegal espionage carried out in Belgium by the colombian secret service during Álvaro Uribe Vélez government..
The Ethics Commission for Truth in Colombia
We members of the Ethical Truth Commission, who accompany the Movement of Victims of State Crimes, question and object to the decision made by the Inspector General of Colombia, Alejandro Ordoñez regarding Senator Piedad Córdoba, and we express our solidarity with her and with those who work for peace through dialogue in Colombia.
After facing the police's bullets, and suffering one death and 122 serious injuries, the Minga of Social and Communitarian Resistance finally gets President Uribe to agree to a public debate in La Maria Indigenous Reserve, Piendamo, Cauca department, Colombia on 2nd November 2008. Minga leader and head of the Cauca Regional Indigenous Council Aida Quilcue gives this emotional, inspirational speech, live on national television and addressing President Uribe and his cabinet directly.
In one more proof of the persecution to which we are submitted in Colombia, dark forces try to stain the name of the ACEU and of some of its leaders in order to accuse them of flirting with illegal actions and organizations.