CoDevelopment Canada is concerned by escalating threats and surveillance against Colombian partner NOMADESC during the past month.
NOMADESC, a Cali-based Human Rights organization that accompanies labour, afro-Colombian, indigenous and campesino organizations in southwestern Colombia, has provided legal advice and support for families of people killed, disappeared or detained by security forces during the national general strike that began in late April this year.
Since that time NOMADESC and its personnel are subject to a series of acts of intimidation and illegal surveillance that has escalated since late October. We are concerned that this act put both NOMADESC’s personnel and the population they serve at greater risk.
Please join us in writing to Colombian President Ivan Duque and Attorney General Francisco Barbosa, calling on Colombian authorities to ensure the safety of NOMADESC personnel and to investigate police involvement in illegal surveillance of the organization.