Uribe bodyguards use force against protester at speaking event in London

[Judi Lynn]

Uribe bodyguards use force against protester at speaking event in London
posted by Taran Volckhausen
Nov 4, 2013

Bodyguards of former Colombia President Alvaro Uribe dragged to the ground and hit a young English protester Thursday while throwing him out of a speaking event the former president was having at the University of London.

Uribe went to London last week to speak about his opposition the peace talks between the FARC and the government happening in Havana, Cuba. At the auditorium for his event, he was met by a group of student and human rights activists who received him with signs and shouts spoken in Spanish, denouncing the polemic former president.

The protesters criticized Uribe for “parapolitics” and human rights abuses, such as extrajudicial killings (false positive scandal),as well as violence and intimidation tactics perpetrated by a high level government agency, DAS, among other issues during his tenure in political office.

At the event, presumed members of Uribe’s security team became confrontational when stopping a young Englishman who attempted to capture the former president on film.

More:
http://colombiareports.co/uribe-bodyguards-throw-hit-protester-london/

[dipsydoodle]

1. I'm surprised they were not arrested for assault

or at least warned off by our police.

Was the meeting referred to here : http://www.colombiasolidarity.org.uk/

[Judi Lynn]

2. Stupid right-winger Colombian criminals.

They are oddly unaware it's not accepted to attack protesters in their host country.

They also went after him for no more than trying to film them.

Guilty consciences, of course. They are accustomed to wreaking havoc upon the helpless with no interference.

I guess those British cops there were not anticipating such low, inexcusable behavior from visiting security, and caught unaware, didn't want to create an international incident suddenly.

It IS a shame the Uribe clowns didn't get their asses handed to them.