A/HRC/10/32 page 31 organizations in the department of Nariño, such as those reported on 12 February against the Unidad Indígena del Pueblo Awá (Awá People’s Indigenous Unit) (UNIPA), the Standing Committee for the Defence of Human Rights and Pastoral Social. 41. On 15 June some 100 families were displaced from San José La Turbia, Nariño, allegedly by a group called Águilas Negras. F. Vulnerable groups 1. Human rights defenders and trade unionistsa 42. OHCHR Colombia received reports of several murders of trade union and social leaders and human rights defenders. On 10 December 2008, for example, the remains of a well-known local human rights defender and social leader were found in the municipality of San Vicente de Caguán, Caquetá. The body had been burnt and decapitated, and showed signs of torture. On 9 February, in Balboa, Cauca, a trade union leader was stabbed to death. On 9 March, in San Vicente de Caguán, Caquetá, a trade union leader disappeared in the town centre and was found dead three days later with 11 stab wounds. On 16 May a member of the Comité Cívico Amor por Cartago (Love of Cartago Civic Committee) in Cartago, Valle del Cauca, was murdered and other members of the committee received death threats; and on 28 October FARC-EP allegedly killed a community leader in Puerto Leguízamo, Putumayo. 43. OHCHR Colombia received reports of death threats against NGOs and trade unions and their members, as well as attacks and robberies. The municipal attorney of San Miguel, Putumayo, has been receiving death threats since January. In Medellin, Antioquia, members of several trade unions and social and political associations were followed and intimidated between 4 February and 18 September, and received anonymous death threats. On 29 February an attempt was made on the life of a member of the Standing Committee for the Defence of Human Rights in the department of Risaralda. On 20 April information on cases concerning human rights violations, and on the victims and perpetrators, was stolen from the Red Juvenzar (Juvenzar Network) in Valledupar, Cesar. In Saravena, Arauca, on 19 November, an explosive device went off in a building where several social organizations were based: the Asociación Juvenil y Estudiantil Regional (Regional Youth and Student Association) (ASOJER), the Asociación Departamental de Usuarios Campesinos (Departmental Peasants’ Association) (ADUC), the Asociación Amanecer de Mujeres por Arauca (Dawn for Women of Arauca Association) (AMAR), the Asociación de Desplazados (Displaced Persons Association), the Confederation of Colombian Workers (CUT) Arauca office and the Fundación Comité Regional de Derechos Humanos Joel Sierra (Joel Sierra Regional Human Rights Committee Foundation). 44. The Office received information regarding attacks on the honour, reputation, or dignity of human rights defenders. On 2 September, in Bogotá, government authorities accused members of the human rights organization MINGA of having links to FARC-EP and ELN. a Examples of unlawful arbitrary detention of human rights defenders and social leaders are given in section B above.

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