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19 Oct 2015

Author:
Red de Justicia Ambiental del Tolima

“Announcement to the national and international public opinion of the network of environmenal committees of Tolima”

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…[The] environmental movement of…Tolima has been implementing a process of territorial defense of a peaceful, nonviolent, artistic, playful, creative and participatory character that reflects and expresses the rejection of polluting mining projects such as La Colosa in Cajamarca-Tolima (…of AngloGold Ashanti)…It is in this context…[on] 30th September 2015 [several environmental] organizations received a letter signed by las Águilas Negras in which the integrity of some of their members was threatened…We recall that at the end of June and July 2015, there were various threats against members of the Network of Environmental Committees of Tolima…[and that] AngloGold Ashanti Colombia stigmatized [as] guerrilla [members] [against] peasants of Anaime-Cajamarca, who were…rejecting the La Colosa mining project, on February 22, 2013…We demand that the Colombian state guarantees the integrity of the members of the Red de Comités Ambientales…[and] that the Colombian state provides the means of protection needed to guarantee the work, integrity and honor of the defenders of life, water and territory.