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Front Line is deeply concerned following reports that there have been death threats made against a number of non-governmental organisations, all members of the Espacio de Trabajadores y Trabajadoras de Derechos Humanos (ETTDH – Human Rights Workers' Coalition), allegedly sent by the paramilitary group, the “Águilas Negras (Black Eagles)”. The ETTDH is a network of social organisations and human rights defenders' organisations in Barrancabermeja and the region of the Magdalena Medio.  

Front Line is deeply concerned following information received concerning death threats against four human rights defenders during the month of March 2008: Isabelino Valencia, the legal representative for the region of Lower Naya, and Frank William Cayapur Delgado, Edward Mina Cuero and Yimi Armando Jansasoy Muñoz who work with the human rights organisation, the Comisión Intereclesial de Justicia y Paz (Intereclesial Commission for Justice and Peace).  

Front Line is deeply concerned following information received of a plan to assassinate human rights defender David Ravelo Crespo. David Ravelo Crespo is Secretary of the Board of Directors of the Corporación Regional para la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos - Credhos (Regional Corporation for the Defence of Human Rights), a non-governmental organisation dedicated to the protection and promotion of human rights in Colombia.