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| excess force applied to " try to silence protest and opposition "against the government of president Juan Manuel Santos. |
Telesur journalist Carlos Lozano reported the excessive force used to "try to silence protest and opposition" against the government of president Juan Manuel Santos.
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| Director of the weekly VOZ Carlos A. Lozano Guillén |
marches for Labor Day in Bogotá were hampered by police action this Sunday suppressed with tear gas workers who came out to march to commemorate the date, leaving a number of injuries as yet unspecified.
The main scenario of police repression was the Plaza Bolivar in the city. At the place were several union leaders and Democratic Pole hoping the concentration coming from the Plaza de Toros in the capital.
place in a police contingent began to dissolve the merger after a small group threw sharp objects.
"It is sad that police have been deployed all its force against demonstrators, rather to protect the marchers from the group of anarchists. Feel sorry has been damaged a beautiful place like today, "said Clara Lopez, president of the Polo Democrático Alternativo.
Meanwhile, journalist Carlos Lozano said in telephone contact with Telesur that the "police sabotaged rallies, marches assaulted with bestiality."
denounced the excessive force used to "try to silence protest and opposition" against the government of president Juan Manuel Santos.
stressed that the mass marches of workers in Bogota (center) and Cali (West Central), which in the case of the first attended by 80 thousand people common denominator that occurred in cities with mayoral opposition.
added that this year's May 1 march joined young students from various houses of study to protest against the National Development Plan presented by Santos "which provides for the privatization of the Colombian public university, including (protesting) students private universities such as the Javeriana, which have supported their peers in public universities. "
The demonstrations were called by different sectors of trade unionists and workers' unity. By noon, about 10 thousand people came to the Plaza de Bolivar.
"When were to finish the tour, began to present unrest, clashes of protesters with members of the security forces who fired tear gas and demonstrators were repression. "Hernán Tovar reported, producer of the Telesur correspondent in Colombia.
added that "we were on stage, was present to Dr. Clara (Lopez), chairman of the Democratic Pole, and was also a victim of the gases (...) Unfortunately the day is overshadowed by these acts of rioting, banks were damaged, commercial premises damaged (but) the importance of this day is the manifestation of workers "
teleSUR reporter explained that" the work requested on all the attention of the State in human rights, and labor, increased demand fair wages and human rights matters in Colombia since the violation of human rights and the union is very evident. "
The main scenario of police repression was the Plaza Bolivar in the city. At the place were several union leaders and Democratic Pole hoping the concentration coming from the Plaza de Toros in the capital.
place in a police contingent began to dissolve the merger after a small group threw sharp objects.
"It is sad that police have been deployed all its force against demonstrators, rather to protect the marchers from the group of anarchists. Feel sorry has been damaged a beautiful place like today, "said Clara Lopez, president of the Polo Democrático Alternativo.
Meanwhile, journalist Carlos Lozano said in telephone contact with Telesur that the "police sabotaged rallies, marches assaulted with bestiality."
denounced the excessive force used to "try to silence protest and opposition" against the government of president Juan Manuel Santos.
stressed that the mass marches of workers in Bogota (center) and Cali (West Central), which in the case of the first attended by 80 thousand people common denominator that occurred in cities with mayoral opposition.
added that this year's May 1 march joined young students from various houses of study to protest against the National Development Plan presented by Santos "which provides for the privatization of the Colombian public university, including (protesting) students private universities such as the Javeriana, which have supported their peers in public universities. "
The demonstrations were called by different sectors of trade unionists and workers' unity. By noon, about 10 thousand people came to the Plaza de Bolivar.
"When were to finish the tour, began to present unrest, clashes of protesters with members of the security forces who fired tear gas and demonstrators were repression. "Hernán Tovar reported, producer of the Telesur correspondent in Colombia.
added that "we were on stage, was present to Dr. Clara (Lopez), chairman of the Democratic Pole, and was also a victim of the gases (...) Unfortunately the day is overshadowed by these acts of rioting, banks were damaged, commercial premises damaged (but) the importance of this day is the manifestation of workers "
teleSUR reporter explained that" the work requested on all the attention of the State in human rights, and labor, increased demand fair wages and human rights matters in Colombia since the violation of human rights and the union is very evident. "
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