Más de 4,000 académicos internacionales han enviado una carta abierta al presidente colombiano exigiendo la libertad del Dr. Miguel Ángel Beltrán, académico colombiano encarcelado desde mayo de 2009 sin haber sido condenado por ningún delito.
Los firmantes de la carta (copia adjunta) incluyen el Premio Nobel Professor Sir Richard Roberts, académicos de más de 20 países y más de 300 profesores universitarios destacados. Según la carta, el Dr. Beltrán «ha sido encarcelado con el fin de silenciarle y de amedrentar a quienes intenten dar viva voz a sus ideas opositoras.» Acusan al régimen colombiano de violar el derecho a la libertad de expresión y manifiestan que «El alto número de presos políticos en las cárceles colombianas…desmiente las declaraciones relativas a que su Gobierno estaría dispuesto a mejorar la política de respeto a los derechos humanos.»
Sally Hunt, líder de la Asociación británica de Profesores Universitarios, dijo «El Dr. Beltrán es un hombre inocente encarcelado por un régimen intolerante que está resuelto a suprimir toda crítica. Es hora que la comunidad internacional denuncie lo que está pasando en Colombia y de que las autoridades colombianas liberen al Dr. Beltrán así como a todos los demás presos políticos.»
Actualmente Colombia tiene detenido miles de presos políticos en condiciones horrorosas.
La parlamentaria británica Madeleine Moon, una de los miembros del Grupo parlamentario ‘Amigos de Colombia’, el cual tiene más de 60 parlamentarios miembros, dijo «»La gran tragedia de Colombia es que los más inteligentes y mejores de sus pensadores y activistas están encarcelados o han sido asesinados. Una visita reciente para hablar con presas políticas en una cárcel de mujeres demostró el miedoso que es el Estado ante la crítica y libertad de expresión.»
La carta y listado de firmantes va a continuación.
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Carta abierta al Presidente Juan Manuel Santos
Señor Presidente:
Los abajo firmantes nos dirigimos a Ud. para expresarle que nos sumamos al apoyo que solicita la campaña internacional por la libertad del académico colombiano Dr. Miguel Ángel Beltrán, quien cumple ya más de 22 meses detenido en la cárcel de La Picota, Bogotá, sin que haya sido ser condenado por delito alguno.
El Dr. Beltrán ha sido acusado de «rebelión», y tildado falsamente de terrorista por el Estado colombiano. Sabemos que el trabajo académico de Dr. Beltrán fue crítico del régimen colombiano, y todo indica que, como les ha ocurrido a tantos otros en Colombia, ha sido encarcelado con el fin de silenciarle y de amedrentar a quienes intenten dar viva voz a sus ideas opositoras.
Creemos que el pensamiento crítico y la libertad de expresión son esenciales para toda sociedad verdaderamente democrática. Sin embargo, la prolongada detención del Dr. Beltrán demuestra que en Colombia dichos valores son considerados delictuales.
El alto número de presos políticos en las cárceles colombianas – sean académicos, sindicalistas, dirigentes comunitarios u otros activistas de la sociedad civil – desmiente las declaraciones relativas a que su Gobierno estáría dispuesto a mejorar la política de respeto a los derechos humanos.
Por consiguiente, le instamos con todo respeto a que ordene la libertad inmediata de Dr. Beltrán con el objeto de poner pronto fin a esta situación vergonzosa. Le saludamos,
Con la mayor atención
Professor Sir Richard Roberts, Nobel Prize Winner Professor Sir John Ball, Sedleian Professor of Natural Philosophy, University of Oxford Lady Ruth Lister CBE, Social Sciences, Loughborough University Professor Edward Acton, Vice Chancellor, University of East Anglia Sally Hunt, General Secretary, University and College Union Mr Grahame McCulloch, General Secretary, National Tertiary Education Union Australia Alan Whitaker, President, University and College Union Terry Hoad, Vice President, University and College Union
Y más de 4000 académicos internacionales más.
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