Eduardo Montealegre
Fiscalía General de la Nación
Diagonal 22B No. 52-01 (Ciudad Salitre)
Bloque C Piso 4
Bogotá, 
Colombia

Estimado Sr. Fiscal General

I wish to draw your attention to the death threats made against two human rights defenders - Diego Martínez and Jeison Paba.   Their families received death threats on July 6th 2013 – please publically condemn this appalling act and ensure their safety.
 
Diego Martínez and Jeison Paba are human rights defenders, who carry out legitimate, vital and relevant work.  If you and your authorities publically recognized this legitimacy it would help – but this would be strengthened by ordering full and impartial investigations into the death threats received by both these CPDH members and their families. I urge you to keep any investigation transparent by publishing results – but most of all to bring those responsible to justice.

I strongly urge you and your authorities to ensure their safety, in strict accordance with their wishes. There is an obligation regarding the protection of human rights defenders, as set out in the 1998 UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders, although I hope you will be as concerned as I am to keep these men and their families safe. 

Yours sincerely,