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Shocking police violence and repression in Colombia must stop 07 May 2021 The Colombian government must respect its people and their right to protest peacefully. The ITF joins the international community in expressing profound shock at the violent tactics used by Colombian authorities in failed attempts to disrupt lawful protests by the country’s citizens. As protests in Colombia enter their tenth day, the ITF joins other unions, governments, the UN and the EU in condemning the violence, calling for calm and insisting the government urgently intervenes to withdraw the police officers perpetrating the brutal violence. “Freedom of protest and assembly, and the freedom of association for workers, and the freedom of movement are all inscribed in Colombia’s constitution,” said Stephen Cotton, General Secretary of the ITF. “Yet the Colombian authorities are running roughshod over these basic liberties. The ITF demands the government guarantees those right ....