The parties and Marxist-Leninist
organisations, signing below, meeting in Ecuador, express our communist
solidarity with comrade Francisco Caraballo and his fellows detained by the
Colombian army.
Caraballo, first secretary of the
Communist Party of Colombia (ML), commander of the Popular Liberation Army, of
the Simon Bolivar Guerrilla Coordination, revolutionary fighter since his early
youth, embodies a communist militant model. His self-denial has always been
exemplary and at all times he has placed the interests of the Colombian
revolution above any other consideration.
Francisco Caraballo is also an ardent
internationalist who proclaims the unity of the world communists, as an
indispensible factor to cement active solidarity of the peoples of the world in
the common struggle against imperialism and reaction.
His arrest is a harsh blow to the
Colombian revolution, a blow that we resent directly. Notwithstanding, we are
convinced, that following his first secretary and commander example,
the Colombian communists and the EPL combatants will be able to overcome
this cruel blow, redouble their revolutionary ardour and to march forward by the
revolutionary path, taking into account his words:
"We, the EPL commanders and
fighters, have been peace partizans; but the political realm itself and the
blows of the reaction have compelled us to become armed man."
We show our solidarity with Francisco
Caraballo and his comrades, along with all Colombian fighters and their people.
Ecuador, July 1994
After having been detained by the
Tunisian police, Hamma Hammami, the spokesman of the Workers Communist Party of
Tunisia, has been subjected to heavy physical and moral tortures and left to rot
in the worst conditions in dungeon. Various
human rights organisations have protested, several times, at the situation of
the prisions in Tunisia and the ill treatments towards comrade Hammami.
The only accusation directed to him by
the authorities is "to be a member of a banned political
organisation". That means the violation of a principal right, namely the
right to oppose a regime which is the enemy of the people.
Up to now, in Tunisia, in many African
countries and in France, various activities have been carried out to protest
against the attacks and the ill prison conditions to which comrade Hammami has
been subjected and to demand his release.
We demand the release of Hammami and
call upon all progressive forces to raise their voices to rescue Hammami from
the paws of the reactionary regime in Tunisia.
Coordinating Committee
Ecuador, August 1994