A/HRC/7/39 page 28 the Women’s Committee in the Sindicato Unico de Trabajadores de la Educación (union of education workers) was reported. On 4 May, a political activist of the Polo Democrático Alternativo (“Alternative Democratic” list) party was murdered in Cali, Valle de Cauca. 6. In October, the office in Colombia received reports of death threats against members of the NGO Corporación Yira Castro, and the National Coordinator for the Displaced. In September, a human rights defender in Tulua, Valle del Cauca was displaced, due to death threats and the kidnapping of his wife. On 6 November, the Office condemned the aggression and death threats against Yolanda Becerra, president of Organización Femenina Popular (Popular Women’s Organization). In Bogotá, in May, three union members received pamphlets and telephone calls with death threats. B. The right to personal integrity 7. A report was received that three young men were tortured on 4 August inside a police station by members of the National Police in Ocaña, Norte de Santander. In Bogotá, on 12 August, it was reported that agents of the National Police struck a taxi driver. 8. Cases were reported of abuses allegedly committed by members of the police against the transgender population engaged in prostitution in Bogotá, Medellín and Cali. 9. On 26 May, it was reported that members of the Mobile Anti-Riot Squad ESMAD used tear gas against members of an indigenous community who were blocking the Pereira-Quibdó road, and they destroyed and burned several items of personal property. On 28 September, there was a report of the mobilization of peasant farmers towards Orito, Putumayo, to prevent the arrival of the crews for illegal crop eradication, and members of ESMAD used violence to dislodge them. C. The right to individual freedom and personal security 10. There were reports of mass detentions conducted by State agents based on intelligence reports or statements made by informers which had not been properly corroborated. On 24 January, in Aguachica, Cesar, 11 alleged ELN militiamen were detained by members of the police. Their photographs and names were published, and they were later released due to lack of evidence. 11. Cases were reported of illegal detentions of human rights defenders and social leaders who were accused, without sufficient evidence, of the crime of rebellion. The Office was informed of the case of a detention of a member of the Kankuano indigenous community by Army personnel on 15 July in Valledupar, Cesar, with no judicial order to do so. On 13 February, the president of the Permanent Human Rights Committee in Nariño was detained. Subsequently, the Attorney General’s Office decided that there had been irregularities in the evidence presented, and ordered the accused to be released. D. The right to due process 12. In several of the cases reported to the office, the authorities in the Military Criminal Justice System took up the investigation of crimes which should have been taken by the civil courts. On 30 September in Aguazul, Casanare, there was a murder which was allegedly committed by