CMT-WCL - Urgent Appeals

Urgent Appeals

2006

		CASE	MONTH	SITUATION



23.	Colombia	Threats against the integrity of Domingo Tovar Arrieta, Director of the Human Rights Department (CUT) and warrant of arrest against Alberto Carbajal Salcedo, former President of FECODE	September

22.	Romania	Problems of laws and practices violating ILO Convention 87	September

21.	Brazil	Violence against the landless peasants and arrest of a member of MST	September

20.	Chile	Arrest of and violence against an activist defending the right of the Mapuches populations	September

19.	Mexico	Death of a native Tsotsil in the prison know as El Amate	September

18.	DR Congo	Threats against the integrity of Symphorien Dunia, President of CSC	August

17.	Colombia	ICFTU-WCL campaign to denounce the pressures against the workers and trade unionists of ASEINPEC and SIGGINPEC within INPEC (national institute of penitentiaries) and the reduction of personnel in this institute	July

16.	Burma	ICFTU-WCL campaign for the intervention with the UN Economic and Social Committee (ECOSOC) on the non-respect for the human rights in Burma, particularly for Conventions 29 and 105, and campaign for the intervention of the member organisations on this file	July

15.	Colombia	ICFTU-WCL campaign on the sequestration and assassination of Luis Antonio Arismendi Pico, President of the trade union Manuela Beltran of food and beverage workers and vendors - (SINDIMANUELA BELTRÁN) Ciudad Bolívar - Bogota	June

14.	Belarus	ICFTU-WCL campaign to defend Convention 87 in Belarus and with a view to interventions with the countries of the European Union enabling commercial sanctions against Belarus	June

13.	Guinea	ICFTU-WCL campaign to protect the integrity of several trade unionists in danger: Hadja Serah Rabiatou DIALLO, Secretary General of the Confédération nationale des Travailleurs de Guinée - CNTG- and member of the Governing Body of ILO; Ibrahima FOFANA, Secretary General of the Union syndicale des Travailleurs de Guinée -USTG-; Ahmadou DIALLO, First Deputy Secretary General of CNTG, and Louis Mbemba SOUMAH, First Deputy Secretary General of USTG and Secretary General of the Syndicat libre des Enseignants et Chercheurs de Guinée (Slecg)	June

12.	Ivory Coast	Non-respect for Conventions 87 and 98 in several companies (Autonomous Port of Abidjan; Hospital of Dabou; UNIWAX company; SICOR company and OLAM group)	June

11.	Djibouti	Arbitrary arrest of four trade unionists of UDT	April

10.	Guatemala	Threats against Felipe de Jesus Sirin, member of the Ad Hoc Committee of the National Police	April	M. Juan Somavia, Director General of ILO, has personally intervened in this file in order to stop the death threats

09.	Iraq	Murder of Alaa Issa Khalaf, Executive Board member of the GFIW trade union	March

08.	Republic of Mexico	Violation of the basic rights of journalist Lidia Cacho	March

07.	Argentina	Assault on the head office of CTA (Confederation of Argentinean Workers), Salta	February

06.	Chad	Request for explanation on the dismissal of Mr Ben Said, President of CLTT	February	Brahim Ben Saíd has been reinstated in his functions

05.	Niger	Dismissal and arbitrary transfers of trade unionists and serious non-indemnified industrial accidents at Nigelec	February	The court ruled in favour of the reinstatement of Mr Yacouba, and the Minister of Labour asked the Minister of Mines and Energy to make the judgement effective.

04.	Panama	Torture and assassinations in the prison of La Joyita	January

03.	Paraguay	Professor Resck, eminent human rights advocate, knocked over in front of his home	January

02.	Bangladesh	Hunger strike of Jute and Textile Workers (BBSF) in protest for low wages and unequal work conditions	January

01.	Nepal	Arbitrary detention of GEFONT leaders	January

2005

		CASE	MONTH	SITUATION

52.	Israel	Threat to dismantle of WAC, an organisation that protects the rights of the Palestinian migrant workers	December	Thanks to the international campaign, the Israeli authorities decided to withdraw the accusations against WAC-MAAN.

51.	Peru	Constraint upon the exercise of journalism for "La Voz de Bagua Grande", in the Amazon region	November

50.	Mexico	Attempted assassination of Gustavo Jiménez Pérez, human rights defender and member of the Alianza Cívica-Chiapas (Civil Alliance of Chiapas)	November

49.	Guatemala	Violation of the head office of the association of Lxqik women and theft of documents	November

48.	Colombia	Assassination of Arlen Salas David, community leader and coordinator of the humanitarian zone of Arenas Altos	November

47.	Brazil	Assassination of Pedro Laurindo da Silva, member of FETAGRI November 2005	November

46.	Australia	Demonstration against the recent "Workplace Relations Amendment - Work Choices Bill"	November

45.	Romania	Strike in the education sector to raise the budget and to improve the working conditions.	November

44.	El Salvador	Robbery of trade union data and assets at the headquarters of CATS (Central autónoma de trabajadores de El Salvador)	October

43.	Macedonia	Obstacles to the bargaining with the representatives of the taxi drivers	October

42.	Colombia	Violent repression of a demonstration of 8.000 indians Embera: one dead and several wounded	October

41.	Colombia	Detention of social and trade union leaders in Riohacha	October

40.	Colombia	Arrest of Simon Botina, member of FENSUAGRO (Federación nacional sindical unitaria agropecuaria)	October

39.	Peru	Death threats against Samuel Valera Yepez, Director of a radio programme in Trujillo, after he had denounced acts of corruption	Octobre

38.	Burma	Call for interventions to struggle against forced labour in Burma	October

37.	Iraq	Decree 875 threatens freedom of association	September

36.	Peru	Threats against Richard Enciso Sanchez, journalist at Radio Ancash,after announcing a police strike	September

35.	Serbia	Unjust dismissal of trade unionists at Belgrade airport and seizure of the trade union records	September

34.	Honduras	Assassination of Luciano Romero Molina, in charge of the defence of the human rights in the national union of food workers (SINTRAINAL)	September

33.	Colombia	Assassination of Francisco Cruz Galeano, coordinator of CGT in the central zone of Honduras	September

32.	Macedonia	Protest of the Independent Taxi Drivers'Union	September

31.	Colombia	Obstacles to the signing of a collective bargaining agreement at the Office of the Attorney General of the Nation	August

30.	Colombia	Criticism of the text of the Justice and Peace Act	August

29.	Peru	Two journalists attacked (Gino Marquez y German Huaroto)	August

28.	Philippines	Strike and lay-offs of trade unionists at San Agustin University	July

27.	Honduras	7 workers dismissed from Coats Honduras company for participating in a trade union seminar on the textile sector	July	The dismissed workers were indemnified

26.	Panama	Land conflict in the region of the Alto Bayano	June

25.	South Korea	Arrest of the President of the Migrant Workers’ Trade Union (MTU/KCTU), Mr. Anwar Hossain	June

24.	Nigeria	Unfair dismissal of Yacouba Dyamyo, SINTRAVE trade union leader at NIGELEC company	May

23.	Colombia	Murder of Harvey N. Real, leader of the National Association of Employees at the Prisons Institute -ASOINPEC-	May

22.	Bangladesh	Workers dead or injured after the collapse of building of a textile company	April

21.	Romania	Labour Code reform after pressure from IMF and WB	April

20.	European Union	Campaign for the new GSP arrangement to include the ratification conditions of the fundamental ILO Conventions	April

19.	Paraguay	Discrimination against the Secretary-General of the Trade Union of Workers of the National Telecommunications' Commission (SITRACON)	April

18.	Nepal	Arrest of Ram Narayan Kurmi, Chairman of the Parse (DECONT) District Committee and Regional Coordinator of the IPEC project	April

17.	Burma	The WCL, the ICFTU and the ETUC have strongly criticised the European Commission over its planned “Burma Day 2005”. The international trade unions called for strong international sanctions against the Burmese military and for an end to foreign business dealings with this country.	April

16.	Niger	Arrest of Moustapha Kadi (CNT) and four civil society activists after a demonstration against a higher VAT act	April	M. Kadi and the others were released under international pressure and after a mission of WCL. An agreement has been signed with the Government to avoid a price increase of basic products

15.	Guatemala	Police violence against informal economy workers (CGTG members) in Antigua Guatemala	March

14.	Guatemala	Protest quelled after the approval of the FTA	March

13.	Nepal	Freedom of association threatened and call for an action day on 22nd March	March

		Prohibition of demonstration by DECONT / GEFONT / NTUC of the International Women's Day

12.	Macedonia	Arrest and dismissal after a strike against the privatisation of the railway	March	Marian Risteski has been released but there is no solution for the moment for the dismissals

11.	Chile	Absense of safety standards at the company CODELCO Chile - Andina Division	February

10.	Indonesia	Detention of Mr Fauzi - SBSI - Batam Expressindo shipyard	February	Mr Fauzi was freed on August 17th 2005

09.	Nepal	Searching of the offices of GEFONT	February

08.	Romania	Opposition to the Labour Code reform	February

07.	Nepal	Detention of Gauri Pradhan, children's rights activist	February	Mr Pradhan has been released

06.	Albania	Strike of the educational workers' federation (KSSH)	January

05.	Colombia	Assassination of Julio Palacios Sánchez, journalist of the information broadcast "El Viento" (Cúcuta)	January

04.	Colombia	Massacre of inhabitants of the municipality of Tame in Arauca on New Year's Eve	January

03.	Mexico	Problem of collective bargaining - Trade Union of Public Servants of Querétano (STSPE)	January	The labour dispute could be settled and an agreement establishing the working conditions was concluded thanks to the support and solidarity of the national and international trade union and social organisations

02.	Guatemala	Attempted murder of Leonel García, Secrettary General of the Trade Union of Municipal Workers of San Miguel Pochuta	Janvier

01.	Morocco	Condemnation of Khouya Mohamed, trade unionist of the CDT, and of four workers after a strike in the mines of Imini	Janvier

2004

	COUNTRY	CASE	MONTH	SITUATION

44.	Guatemala	Assassination of Julio Rolando Roquec, Secretary General of the Federation of Informal Workers (FESTRI-CGTG)	December

43.	Colombia	Liquidation of the National Broadcasting Institute (INRAVISION) and of the Audiovisual Information Company	November

42.	Colombia	Expulsion, by the Colombian government, of the Secretary General of the Inter-American Regional Workers' Organisation (ORIT), Víctor Báez Mosqueira, and other persons after a trade union meeting	November

41.	Peru	Physical aggression and seizure of equipment of several journalists in the district of Victoria	October

40.	Argentina	Aggression and threats against the members of the OLP (Free People's Organisations) in the municipality of San Martin in Buenos Aires	October

39.	Chile	Strike of the staff of the labour directorate	October

38.	Morocco	Protest of the miners of Imini and repression	October	Cf the section "follow-up to cases 2005"

37.	Guatemala	Violent expulsiion of the workers of the agricultural exploitation Nueva Linda	September

36.	Colombia	Assassination of Alfredo Correa de Andreis, human rights defender, and of his bodyguard	September

35.	Colombia	Death threat against William Millán Monsalve, Secretary General of the General Confederation of Democratic Workers (CGTD) and of the CLADEHLT Commissionership for the Andean Zone	September

34.	Colombie	Exécution extrajudiciaire et détention arbitaire de dirigeants syndicaux à Arauca	September

33.	Colombia	Violence against Henzy Gonzalez Lopez and Gerardo De Jesus Velez - members of the Syndicados de Trabajadores del Ingenio San Carlos, affiliated to CGTD	September

32.	Colombia	Assassination of Miguel Córdoba, secretary of the organisation SINTRACAÑAVALC	September

31.	Colombia	Extrajudicial execution and arbitrary detention of trade union leaders in the city of Arauca	September

30.	Argentina	Aggression against Secretary of ATE	August

29.	Sri Lanka	Non-payment of wages at Daiyin Lanka (Apparel) Pvt Ltd	July

28.	RDC	Attempted assassination of Symphorien Dunia Mutimanwa Lubula, National President of CSC	June

27.	India	Attack against Kailash Sathiarti, President of the Global March against Child Labour	June

26.	Argentina	Attack against hospital of graphical workers "Ciudad de la vida"	June

25.	Peru	Arrest of Henry Galo Medina, journalist and correspondent of "Radio Programas del Perú y de Ideele Radio", who had investigated acts of corruption in the public administration	May

24.	Colombia	Assassination of O. Marin Cuevas, member of the national union of workers in liquor companies - Sinaltralic/CGTD	May

23.	RDC	Attack against Symphorien Dunia, President of CSC-Congo	May

22.	Ivory Coast	Dismissals of 583 employees of the Identification and Immigration Office	May

21.	Colombia	Dismissals, forced introduction of an arbitration court and military repression at Ecopetrol	May

20.	Argentina	Aggression against workers of the Transport Federation, Boca district, Buenos Aires	April

19.	Ivory Coast	Unlawful dismissal of Ms Ebrotie, employee of HECI (Institute of Higher Canadian Studies) following trade union activities (leader of the confederation Dignité and a maternity leave	March

18.	Vietnam	Deterioration of the health of Father Tadeo Nguyen Van Ly, under arrest	March

17.	Colombia	Strike at the Red Cross because of collective bargaining problems	March

16.	Italy	Discrimination against foreign languages professors at the Italian universities	March

15.	Nigeria	Unlawful dismissals of trade union leaders	March

14.	Serbia	Dismissal of a trade union leader, closure of the dialogue with the autonomous union of air traffic controllers and other aviation staff, and irruption of the trade union office at Yugoslav Airways - JAT	March

13.	Indonesia	Theft of goods at the SBSI head office	March

12.	Guatemala	Urgent action: arrest of 33 leaders and truck drivers, R. Dueñas remaining in prison	February	In January 2006, after a long legal procedure, a Court acquitted him of every liability

11.	Peru	Assassination of Antonio de la Torre Echandia, journalist of the programme "El Equipo de Noticia", Radio Orbita (Yungay), who had investigated facts in the public administration	February

10.	Uruguay	Dismissals of trade union leaders (APU) at the newspaper "La Republica"	February

09.	Zimbabwe	Dismissal of trade union leader Matombo (President ZCTU)	February

08.	Galicia	Condemnation of workers who had taken part in the general strike of June 2002	February

07.	Cambodia	Assassination of Chea Vichea, President of FTUWKC - Free Trade Union of the Workers of the Kingdom of Cambodia	January

06.	Colombia	Assassination of Ricardo Barragan, representative of the trade union SINTRAEMCALI (trade union of workers in municipal companies of Cali	January

05.	Colombia	Fact of ignoring grievances of the workers of CERROMATOSO SA and threat to go on strike	January

04.	Mexico	Dismissals of workers (Estado de Sonora)	January

03.	Paraguay	Assassination of peasants leaders (ONAC - national peasants' organisation)	January

02.	Venezuela	Anti-union practices and unlawful dismissals (Banco de Venezuela - Santander Group)	January

01.	Sao Tome and Principe	Violation of the freedom of association and the right to strike in the labour law	January

2003

	COUNTRY	CASE	MONTH	SITUATION

49.	Serbia	Violation of workers' rights in the new Labour Act	December

48.	Honduras	Assassination of German Antonio Rivas, Director of May Vision, 7th chain	December

47.	Guatemala	Assassination of Father José Maria Ruiz Furlan, "Padre Chemita", in Guatemala City	December

46.	Colombia	Persecution of peasants and members of cooperatives, Potosi, Tolima Department	December

45.	Colombia	Assassination of Orland Frias Parada, leader of Sittelecom/CGTD	December

44.	Argentina	Unlawful detention of and threats against leaders of CCAS	December

43.	RDC	Strike of magistrates	November

42.	Guinea	Message in support of teachers' strike, stressing the importance of dialogue with these workers	November

41.	Colombia	Assassination of Zuly Codina Perez, leader of CGTD - Magdalena Department	November

40.	Chile	Violation of the freedom of association - suspension of wages of trade union leaders at the company Transporte Ccu Ltda	November

39.	Ivory Coast	Attack against the head office of the confederation Dignité	October

38.	Bolivia	Violations of human rights and the freedom of association during a demonstration organised by COB	October

37.	Philippines	Anti-union discrimination, pressures against collective bargaining and dismissal of trade union leaders at the company Bayer Philippines	September	The company Bayer has been questioned in the context of the procedure WCL had started on the basis of the OECD guidelines for multinationals.

36.	Panama	Repression of a demonstration and warrant for the arrest of Mariano Meno, Secretary General of CGTP, and other trade union leaders	September

35.	Panama	Detention of Saul Mendez, leader of SUNTRACS	September

34.	Indonesia	Violation of workers' rights at the "PD. Jaya Bersama" company and protest against child labour	September	The young woman worker, Ms Jasmini, who was Secretary General of the union at Jaya Bersama, was fired and died of tuberculosis a few weeks later.

33.	Colombia	Assassination of Wilson R.P. Arroyo, member of the union of workers of Coolechera	September

32.	Colombia	Detention, by unknown individuals, of Indovel Barrera Valencia, member of the governing body of the union of workers at the liqueur company at Cundinamarca because of trade union activities at the company	September

31.	Colombia	Violation of workers' rights at the Red Cross	September

30.	Belarus	Unlawful arrest of the President of the Belarussian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions	September

29.	Bangladesh	Violation of the freedom of association of the workers at the Adamjee Jute Mills	September

28.	Paraguay	Violation of the freedom of association of 65 transport workers	August

27.	Lituania	Problem with the distribution of trade union assets among Lithuanian trade unions	August

26.	India	Urgent action: assassination of Ashoke Trivedi, President of CFTUI, affiliated to WCL	August	The alleged assassins would be in prison.

25.	Colombia	Assassination of Aleyda Rico Alvarez, member of the Executive Committee of CGTD and sister of the President of the Accion Campesina Colombiana - ACC	August

24.	Indonesia	Unlawful dismissals at the Boma Bisma Indra Company	July

07.	Guatemala	Attacks against José Ruben Zamora, journalist, and his family	July

23.	Colombia	Negative implications of fumigations in the valley of the river Cimitarra	July

22.	Colombia	Assassination of Juan Carlos Ramirez Rey, prison warder and member of ASEINPEC-CGTD, Villavicencion Assassination of Carlos Barreto Jimenez, trade union leader, employee at the Central Hospital of Barranguilla and member of the governing body of ANTHOC (association of hospital and clinic workers)	July

21.	Colombia	Attempted assassination of Manuel Hoyos Montiel, President of CGTD/UTRAL	July

20.	Peru	Demand to release journalist Juan De Mata Jara Berrospi, arrested since 1993 and condemned by a "secret" court	June

19.	Paraguay	Expulsion of 40 peasant families in Upper Parana	June

18.	Mauritius	Violation of the freedom of association by the Industrial Relations ActDiscrimination against T. Benydin, President of NTUC, and obstacles to his participation in the International Labour Conference (2003)	June

17.	Guinea	Bad working conditions and dismissals at CBK (bauxite company)	June	The company said it would reinstate the workers concerned, but they are still jobless.

16.	Colombia	Suspension of the protection granted to Julio Roberto Gomez and Cerbulo Bautista, Secretary General and Fiscal Secretary of CGTD	June

15.	Colombia	Protest against the militarisation and privatisation of state-owned companies	June

14.	Peru	Threats against Magno Sosa Rojas, Director of the review "Horas de Lucha", Elias Navarro Palomino and Edwin Segovia, the respective Director and Editor of the review "Linea Roja"	May

13.	Nigeria	Protest against the threat with stoning of Amina Lawal	May

12.	Colombia	Dismissal of trade union leaders, transfer and pressure to disaffiliate workers after the creation of Sinaltralbimbo, Bimbo de Colombia SA	May

11.	Italy	Violation of the rights of foreign language teachers	April

10.	Guatemala	Sequestration and assassination of Diego Xon Salazar, co-founder of the Union of independent agricultural workers of Chichicastenanago (El Quiché) and of the National Autonomous Union of Peasants (UNAC)Dismissal of workers at the Presidential Secretariat of Women (SEPREM) and pressure with regard to their support for a political party	April

09.	Argentina	Unlawful dismissal of a trade union leader at the Smurfit company, province of Buenos Aires	April

08.	Mauritania	Obstacle to the functioning of the grassroots structures of CLTM	March	Thanks to international pressure, CLTM is now recognised and convened to the social dialogue bodies of Mauritania.

07.	Guatemala	Death threats against Marcos Alvarez Tzoc, trade union leader and worker at Finca El Arco	March

06.	Cuba	Urgent action - Arrest of several trade union leaders of CUTC	March	Carmelo Diaz Fernandez, whose health has deteriorated, was released in 2004.

05.	RDC	Imprisonment of Gabriel Matayabo (CSC) during a mission to distribute the new Labour Code (Goma)	February	Thanks to pressure from WCL and DOAWTU, Gabriel Matayabo could be located and was released.

04.	Peru	Dismissals at the company Telefonica	February

03.	Paraguay	Violation of the freedom of association of the workers at the Municipality of Ciudad del Este, affiliated to SITRAMUCDE	February

02.	Sri Lanka	Campaign to obtain tariff preferences from the European Union in the context of the SGP and through respect for the basic workers' rights	January	Sri Lanka was granted trade preferences thanks to respect for the basic ILO Conventions.

01.	Belarus	Joint ETUC-ICFTU-WCL denunciation: suspension of SGP because of violation of trade union rights	January

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