Colombia: Trade Unions

(asked on 6th January 2016) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Colombian government about alleged historical practices by the Colombian security services against trade unions.


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Lord Swire
This question was answered on 14th January 2016

British Embassy officials in Bogotá raised actions against trade unionists in October when they discussed human rights with the Colombian Vice Minister of the Interior.

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