Message this morning from our comrades at Justice for Colombia:
Dear friends,
During the first week of March 2005 Justice for Colombia will be hosting Colombian Congressman Wilson Borja in the UK. Wilson was formerly the leader of the public sector union in Colombia before being elected to Congress and is now Colombia’s foremost opposition politician standing up for the rights of trade unionists and other progressive sectors in that country. He is also one of the most threatened people in Colombia and has been the victim of numerous assassination attempts. During one of these attempts Wilson was shot three times and one of his bodyguards killed. He is now forced to travel everywhere in an armoured car with 14 armed bodyguards with him at all times.
Justice for Colombia will be bringing Wilson to Brighton during his visit to the UK and the AUT at Sussex University have very kindly offered to organise a venue for the meeting at the university campus. The date for the meeting is Wednesday 2nd March and it will be held at some time in the late afternoon. We hope to get as many people as possible to come to the meeting, in particular trade unionists, students and other activists.
As an affiliate of Justice for Colombia we write to ask that your branch also get involved with planning and promoting this meeting and would ask that you make contact should you be willing to do so.
Wilson is an extremely charismatic speaker who will be able to give a very informative overview of what is happening in Colombia and in particular the problems faced by trade unionists.
We hope to hear from you soon and would ask that you copy any replies into Jim Guild at Sussex AUT on j.guild@sussex.ac.uk
All the best and thank you in advance for your help with this.
Liam Craig-Best
Secretary, Justice for Colombia
Tel: 020 7794 3644
Email: liam@justiceforcolombia.org
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