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Montreal, January 28 2009 Att. Jennifer Henderson Canadian Ambassy in Colombia Copy : James Lambert, Director General for Latin America and the Caribbean, Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Colombia: Defamation against a Canadian NGO Since 2000, forcibly displaced afro-colombian and mestizo communities from the Lower Atrato region have been carrying out a gradual return to their collective territory.

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We, the undersigned U.S. religious and non-governmental organizations who work on Colombia, are writing to ask that you intervene in the human rights situation in the Bajo Atrato River region of the Chocó. On January 13, Argénito Díaz community leader from Llano Rico was shot dead. This murder follows the killing of three other Afro-Colombians (Manuel Moya, Graciano Blandón and his son Yair) in December 2009, the August 2009 murder of Curvaradó community leader Benjamín Gómez and ‘Chemita’ of the Cacarica community in July 2009.

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When you talk about the violation of human rights, you must talk about Colombia. When you talk about the huge expansion of oil-palm plantations, you must talk about Colombia. Both issues go hand in hand in that country

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While Canada's Parliament weighs in on Bill C-300, and Blackfire Exploration reels over the shut down of their mine in Chiapas, Mexico -- another Canadian company, Cosigo Resources, finds itself implicated in a surge of recent murders in southeast Colombia.

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RADIO INTERVIEW – Canada denounced for complicitness in murdering of Colombian Indigenous (transcript below)

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Call/send letters urging government and MPs to oppose the ratificacion of Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement currently being debated in House of Commons. Instead, demand that the Canadian government pressure Colombian authorities to put an effective end to widespread paramilitary threats against trade union and social movement activists. While being on and off the order paper since September, Bill C-23 is now back on for Nov. 16.

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CASA - Colombia Action Solidarity Alliance, Building Solidarity with Colombian Social Movements - invite you to a Public Event on Colombia Criminalization of Political Activity and the Anti-terrorist Crusade Colombia: 7200 detained for political reasons Live Music and Poetry with Ruben Esguerra November 7, 2009 7 pm Centre for Social Justice 3rd Floor Boardroom 489 College (west of Bathurst St.

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To : Your MP Find here : http://www.parl.gc.ca/common/index.asp?Language=E Copy to : Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada HarpeS@parl.gc.ca Michael Ignatieff, Leader of the Liberal Party ignatm@parl.gc.ca Peter Julian, New Democrat spokesman on international trade Julian.P@parl.gc.ca Serge Cardin, Bloc Québécois spokesman on international trade

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"Land and Conflict : Resource Extraction, Human Rights and Corporate Social Responsibility: Canadian Companies in Colombia" looks at four case studies of Canadian extractive industry investment projects in Colombia, analyzing their associated potential human rights risks.

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I spent a good part of the other week watching the performances of Liberals and Conservatives in the Canadian House of Commons as they debated Bill C-23, implementing legislation of the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA).

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