From inspp.org
For more info on Liliany Obando see http://www.fightbacknews.org/search/node/obando
From inspp.org
For more info on Liliany Obando see http://www.fightbacknews.org/search/node/obando
National Committee to Free Ricardo Palmera activist Josh Sykes sent out a message yesterday to members of the anti-censorship group on facebook stating that a new official facebook page had been created for the NCFRP:
Check out the new, official National Committee to Free Ricardo Palmera facebook page!
Get it while it lasts!
Become a fan, get updates on the campaign, oppose U.S. intervention in Colombia, stand up for justice, and oppose facebook censorship!
This is part of an ongoing struggle for Colombia solidarity activists to use the popular social networking site as a tool to organize, despite ongoing attacks and censorship from facebook.
The following article by James Jordan is from Fight Back! News:
Alliance for Global Justice volunteer, Raquel Mogollón, was in attendance at the trial of political prisoner Liliany Obando Aug. 4 in Bogotá, Colombia. Based on her eyewitness report, the hearing revealed manipulation of evidence behind the charges being brought against Obando.
The following is from the website of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine:
The Political Bureau of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine issued a statement on July 18, 2010, calling for the broadest expression of solidarity and support for Comrade Ahmad Sa’adat, the General Secretary of the PFLP, in mid-October 2010, when his continued isolation in the jails of the occupation will again come before the court.
The following statement is from the National Committee to Free Ricardo Palmera:
The National Committee to Free Ricardo Palmera is calling on supporters to send birthday cards to Ricardo Palmera, a Colombian revolutionary and prisoner of the U.S. Empire. July 30th, 2010, marks Professor Palmera’s 60th birthday, which he will celebrate alone in a Colorado Supermax prison.
The following article by Josh Sykes is from Fight Back! News:
Asheville NC – In a move to censor the voices of solidarity and human rights, Facebook shut down the “Free Ricardo Palmera!” page, claiming it violates their terms of use.
Posted in Anti-War / Anti-Intervention, Colombia, Ricardo Palmera
Tagged censorship, Chiquita, death squads, Facebook, FARC-EP, human rights, Josh Sykes, Mark Zuckerberg, National Committee to Free Ricardo Palmera, political prisoners, repression, Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - People's Army, Simon Trinidad, Tom Burke
Detroit, MI – Fight Back! interviewed Tom Burke, spokesperson for the National Committee to Free Ricardo Palmera, at the U.S. Social Forum.
Fight Back!: Tom, can you tell us about Ricardo Palmera and why he is in jail in the U.S.?
Posted in Anti-War / Anti-Intervention, Colombia, Ricardo Palmera
Tagged Colombia Action Network, Eric Holder, FARC-EP, Fight Back!, National Committee to Free Ricardo Palmera, political prisoners, Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - People's Army, Simon Trinidad, Sonia, Tom Burke, U.S. Social Forum, USSF