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Article

15 Jun 2006

Author:
AFL-CIO

New Report Reveals Deadly Human and Labor Rights Violations in Colombia

Report Released as U.S. Government Is Poised To Reward Dismal Human Rights Performance with New Trade Benefits. Colombia remains the world leader in number of assassinations, and the murders are increasingly selective and systematic...despite a recent decline in trade unionists killed, more labor rights advocates are killed in Colombia than in any other country...[this] sends an unquestionably clear message to working people in Colombia -- organize and die...In addition to violence, the report considers other issues that impact Colombian workers: gender, ethnic and racial discrimination, forced and child labor.