[PEN-L:4935] Solidarity with Bolivian Unions (fwd)

[D Shniad <shniad@xxxxxx>]

> Subject:      Solidarity with Bolivian Unions
> X-To:         labor-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>                  Solidarity with Bolivian Unions
>
>
> The enclosed letter was sent, on 28 April, by the General
> Confederation of Trade Unions, GCTU, to the Embassy of the
> Republic of Bolivia in the Russian Federation. The original text
> in Russian has been posted on Glasnet's <glas.trud> conference.
>
> Also in Moscow, participants in the May Day rally expressed their
> solidarity with Bolivian trade unions and decided to send a
> letter of protest to the Government of Bolivia. The rally was
> organised by the Moscow Federation of Trade Unions. The General
> Confederation of Trade Unions, the Federation of Independent
> Trade Unions of Russia, FITUR, along with its affiliates, as well
> as a number of political parties and movements attended the rally.
>
> Fraternally,
> Vassily Balog
> -------------------- enclosed text begins -----------------------
>                                                 Translation
>
>
> Embassy of the Republic of Bolivia,
> 5, Lopukhinsky Pereoulok
> Moscow, Russia
>
>                                             Moscow, 28 April 1995
>
> The General Confederation of Trade Unions expresses its deep
> indignation at the arrest, on 18 April 1995, of almost 100
> leaders of the Bolivian Workers' Centre and its affiliated
> organisations. We are also alarmed over the imposition in Bolivia
> of a state of emergency that abolishes all constitutional rights
> and freedoms, which may bring about further repressions against
> the country's democratic forces.
>
> The General Confederation of Trade Unions, affiliating trade
> unions in the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent
> States, voices its protest against these acts by the Bolivian
> authorities and demands that all detained trade union leaders be
> released immediately and fundamental human rights be observed in
> the country.
>
>
>                                        Igor Yourgens,
>                                        First Vice-President,
>                                        GCTU
> ---------------------- enclosed text ends ------------------------
>