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IFJ Calls for Immediate Release of Journalist Held by Guerillas in Colombia
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today launched an international campaign for the release of Colombian journalist Mario Alfonso Puello who has been held by a guerilla group for 113 days.
The IFJ and its member unions are calling on the National Liberation Army (ELN) which abducted Puello and two others on February 17 to free their colleague and the other captives immediately. They are also calling on the Colombian government to ensure the safe return of the captives to their homes.
“We are calling on the ELN to release Mario and the two other captives,” IFJ General Secretary Aidan White said. “We expect the Colombian authorities to do everything in their power to ensure their safe return to their families.”
The IFJ is supporting its Colombian affiliate, the Colombian Federation of Journalists (FECOLPER) and other media support organisations in their campaign for Puello’s freedom.
Puello, a father of 10 and a member of the Colombian Federation of Journalists, is a veteran reporter who covers community and social issues. On the day he was taken hostage, Puello was travelling as a member of the National Open Distance University (UNAD) but was also covering the work of the commission.
An ELN fighter captured last week confirmed that Puello and the other two captives are alive and still being held by the guerilla group.
For more information you can read this statement from FECOLPER.
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One Response to “IFJ Calls for Immediate Release of Journalist Held by Guerillas in Colombia”
Posted on 10 Jun 2008 at 5:42 pm by Cord;ey Coit
The FARC enslaves it’s captives as either sex slaves or beasts of burden for their narco driven revolultion. They are a tad more harsh than their government narco financed counterparts. Both groups are run on US dollars so why not ask the American Viceroy, he is busy oppressing everyone. Ask him to come out of the torture chambers and do his job. Being a Bush appointee he will not know what a job is.
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