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Demand Release of Detained Colombian Activist
Send03/12/2008
Colombian human rights activist Carmelo Agamez has been detained for the past two weeks. A prosecutor in Sucre, northern Colombia, has charged him with belonging to a paramilitary group, and he is now locked up with the very paramilitary leaders he has consistently denounced.
Agamez does not belong to any armed group. In fact, for years paramilitaries have threatened to kill him because of his human rights advocacy against them. He has, however, condemned corruption by local government authorities.
Agamez is in considerable danger. Take action now to urge the Colombian Attorney General to:
- Move Agamez to a different prison where he is not kept with paramilitary members;
- Immediately review and close the criminal investigation against him.
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